Lawmakers urged to tighten up tax ‘windfall’ law
A free-market think tank is urging state lawmakers to get tough about holding local governments accountable for complying with a state law requiring them...
House-Senate negotiators agree on tentative tax deal
Senate and House negotiators on Wednesday night reached a tentative deal on a package of tax cuts aimed at returning any windfall in revenue...
Kansas lawmakers seek to eliminate taxes on tips
Leading Kansas senators on Monday promised to pursue legislation that would exempt tips from income taxes, following up on a promise made by President...
House budget writers cut funding for 1,000 vacant positions, trim operating expenses
The House budget-writing committee on Thursday agreed to cut funding for 1,000 vacant full-time positions and trimmed state operating expenses across the board by...
House, Senate negotiators reach tentative deal on new tax bill
(Updated to correct GILTI tax rate)
House and Senate negotiators on Wednesday started hammering out a new tax bill that could be the Legislature's last,...
Itemization and the Kansas tax bill: What it means to you
Changes in the federal tax code made in 2017 could very well lead you to not itemize on your federal tax return. The standard deduction...
Senate approves budget with 3% across-the-board spending cut
The Senate late Tuesday approved a $10.58 billion state general fund budget for fiscal year 2026, including a 3% across-the-board cut in state spending...
House committee advances tax measures
A pair of tax bills - one addressing itemizing and another increasing the standard deduction - advanced out of a House committee Wednesday.
The House...
Tax deal proving elusive as session winds down
(Will be updated after 8:30 a.m. conference committee meeting)
Kansas lawmakers will return to work Wednesday after meeting into the night Tuesday trying to iron...
UPDATED: Flat tax proposal would cost more than $3 billion over three years
(Updated to include comments from the Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Action for Children and the top House Democrat)
A proposal to move the state to...
