Kansas' governor vetoed tax cuts again over their costs. Some fellow Democrats backed it
Time:2024-04-25 15:45:31 Source:travelViews(143)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Wednesday vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months, describing it as “too expensive” despite the bipartisan support it enjoyed in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Gov. Laura Kelly and her staff had signalled that she had misgivings about a package of income, sales and property tax cuts worth $1.5 billion over the next three years. Her chief of staff said before it cleared the Legislature this month that it was larger than Kelly thought the state could afford in the long term. The governor also told fellow Democrats that she believes Kansas’ current three personal income tax rates ensure that the wealthy pay their fair share. The plan would have moved to two rates.
The governor immediately proposed new tax cuts worth roughly $1.3 billion over the next three years, but the Kansas House’s top Republican immediately said the governor “isn’t serious” about tax relief. The Legislature was set to reconvene Thursday following a spring break and wrap up its work for the year in just six days.
You may also like
- Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's life
- Messi explains absence in Hong Kong match for third time
- Desert locusts seen in Sanaa, Yemen
- U.S. CDC urges all Americans to wear masks
- Former Playboy model Holly Madison, 44, reveals she has had her cellulite SURGICALLY removed
- Xi's Speech at Meeting of Central Commission for Public Sector Reform to Be Published
- U.S. CDC urges all Americans to wear masks
- Fireworks light up sky over Eiffel Tower to celebrate Bastille Day
- New Orleans man pleads guilty in 2016 shooting death of Jefferson Parish deputy