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GOP lawmakers – Democratic governor in Kansas fighting again over income tax cuts

Steve ScottJanuary 18, 2024

Kansas Budget Tax Cuts — Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, makes a point in favor of a GOP plan for cutting taxes during a meeting of Republican senators, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The plan would move Kansas to having a single personal income tax rate of 5.25% rather than its current three rates topping out at 5.7%. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

(AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas have renewed a fight with the Democratic governor over income tax cuts with no sign of a break in an impasse that thwarted tax relief last year.

The dispute is over moving Kansas to a single rate for personal income taxes, which Gov. Laura Kelly opposes.

The Kansas House is expected to vote Thursday on a GOP plan for cutting income, sales and property taxes by a total of $1.6 billion over three years.

The Senate approved it Wednesday, 25-11.

But with four members absent, Republican supporters appeared at least a vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to override an expected Kelly veto.