performance-based budgeting

Kansas ranks 38th nationwide for earnings growth 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 10, 2023
Kansas keeps slogging on through four decades of economic stagnation. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s recently released data, Kansas ranked 38th in the country in private non-farm earnings growth between 2021 and 2022. Of Kansas’s neighbors and nearby states with similar economies like Iowa and Arkansas, Kansas ranks at the bottom of the
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Tax relief going forward in the Kansas Legislature 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 27, 2023
This last week was “turnaround week” in the Kansas Legislature during which a bill typically has to be approved by one chamber of the Legislature to move forward through the rest of the session. A few bills that would provide tax relief for Kansas families are very-much alive. They’ll still have the pass the other
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Review of Kansas’ Performance-Based Budgeting Shows Poor Results 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 9, 2023
The State of Kansas is scheduled to spend more than $22 billion this year. Still, there is little – that’s being generous – accountability for spending that money. Kansas does not have a budget or appropriations process; it has a spending process that simply distributes money. Even modest attempts to ensure that money is well-spent
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The 2024 Responsible Kansas Budget 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 3, 2023
A flourishing economy and thriving people are only possible if a state government has responsible, balanced budgets. Transparency, performance-based budgeting, and tax-and-expenditure limits rein in government spending to avoid deficits. This shores up state budgets in times of revenue volatility. The question has always been how to achieve these goals and the lower taxes they
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Income Tax Increases from Inflation Lose Kansans Wealth 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 6, 2022
Pay increases for Kansan families were undermined over the past year by inflation, causing a loss on average as changes in salaries failed to keep up with big price increases. At the same time, Kansas state income tax increased from inflation-drive wage increases. From April 2021 to April 2022, Kansans’ average nominal weekly earnings increased
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