State Budget Archives - Page 3 of 11 - Kansas Policy Institute

Unemployed Kansans surpass no-lockdown states 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 28, 2020
Kansans are finally climbing out of the COVID-19 economic hole, but headwinds remain due to the ongoing pandemic and government lockdowns. On the one hand, the state is gaining private jobs since April, but has 65,000 fewer private jobs than in June 2019. To make matters worse, Kansas is among the worst of neighbor states
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Green Book 2020: Understanding Kansas Property Tax Burdens 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 8, 2020
Thomas Jefferson once coined the phrase, “Knowledge is power.” Through it, he conveyed a belief that if Americans want to govern their own lives, the power that comes from knowledge is the best path towards it. In following that spirit, our Green Book 2020 provides a wealth of knowledge in the burden of Kansas property
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As COVID-19 triggers financial hardship, Gov. Kelly spares government the pain 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 2, 2020
COVID-19 and government orders continue to wreak havoc on Kansans’ livelihood and finances. Under an economic recession, the state government should feel the pain as well. However, with a looming $1.5 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Kelly refuses to balance the budget. Instead, her latest plan intends to skip debt payments, push spending into the
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Green Book 2020: Gov. Kelly Vetoes Relief From Nation’s Highest Property Tax Rate 0
- Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
- June 8, 2020
With school closures, businesses shuttered for months, and inconsistent unemployment relief, Kansans’ well-being is in serious trouble. Governor Kelly’s history of denying Kansans tax relief and most recent action to veto the legislature overwhelming approval of property tax relief will only make matters worse. Our 2020 Green Book summarizes what 20+ years of Governor Kelly-like
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State, local government need spending cuts, not federal bailouts 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 23, 2020
Everyone from elected officials, government unions, and the Brookings Institute is calling for hundreds of billions more in federal bailouts for states and local governments. There’s no question that government-ordered shutdowns will cause tax revenue to plummet, but bailouts will only make matters worse for employers and individual taxpayers. The longer that states impose shutdowns,
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Moody’s: Kansas, Missouri ill-prepared for COVID revenue declines 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 20, 2020
The state budgets of Kansas and Missouri are among the worst-prepared states in the nation, according to an April 9 report from Moody’s Analytics. The main reason is that both states are below the national average in rainy-day balances as a percentage of fiscal 2019 general fund revenues. According to Moody’s, Kansas and Illinois are
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