Tag: Kansas state government
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Cause of Kansas budget gap is spending
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says Kansas has a $400 million budget gap, and he’s proposed increasing sales and cigarette taxes to close it. … If we could hold spending steady for next year — and remember that inflation is running at very low levels — we could get by without a tax increase. If the…
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‘Keeping Kansas Conservative’ forum with Joe the Plumber, Todd Tiahrt, Mary Pilcher-Cook
On Friday, January 29, 2010, the Great American Forum Steering Committee will host its fifth public forum.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for January 25, 2010.
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Kansas Senate blocks new journalism
Does the application for press credentials to the Kansas Senate contain questions designed to limit or restrict the types of organizations that apply?
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Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas Week
Access to the Kansas Senate by alternative media is discussed on the KPTS Television public affairs program Kansas Week. Bob Weeks is the guest. Tim Brown is the host.
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Dale Swenson on Kansas tax exemptions
Do Kansas business tax exemptions benefit only business at great cost to the state? Member of the Kansas House of Representatives Dale Swenson thinks so, according to a recent letter written by him that appeared in the Wichita Eagle. He cites a Kansas sales tax exemption on the purchase of hearing aids, something Swenson says…
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Kansas property tax reform proposed
The Kansas Policy Institute has released a proposal for property tax reform in Kansas that will protect property owners from what some call “stealth” tax increases. These increases result from the fact that the property tax system has two factors or moving parts: appraised valuations, and the mill levy (or tax rate). Governments — the…
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Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission hearing today
Today the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission is holding a hearing to consider changes to its rules regarding confidentiality. James Meier of Lawrence has experience with these rules, as he relates in Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission in need of reform. Following is the testimony that Meier will deliver at the hearing this afternoon.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for January 20, 2010.
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Kansas tax exemptions should be cut
One of the ways that Kansas might increase revenue this year is to reduce or eliminate the many sales tax exemptions that our state has issued over the years. The governor didn’t mention this in his state of the state address, but this reform would be a good thing to do, even if we’re not…
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Kansas school spending advocate on the numbers
Appearing yesterday on KPTS Television’s Ask Your Legislator, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives spoke about K-12 school funding. Jim Ward, a Democrat representing southeast Wichita, said school spending advocates are saying “We’re in a worse place that we were before the lawsuit, because now we have less money than we did in…
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Resolution seeks to clarify role of Kansas courts, legislature
Kansas House of Representatives member Pete DeGraaf, a Republican from Mulvane, will soon introduce a resolution “concerning the expenditure of public moneys to finance certain litigation against the Legislature or the State of Kansas.” Dick Kelsey will introduce the resolution in the Kansas Senate.