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Kansas lawmakers will return to Topeka as Gov. Laura Kelly rejects their third attempt at tax cuts

Published May 16, 2024 10:21PM

Kansas lawmakers will return to Topeka as Gov. Laura Kelly rejects their third attempt at tax cuts

Kansas lawmakers will once again go back to the drawing board on tax cuts.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have cut state taxes on income, Social Security benefits and property. She supports many of the proposed cuts but says the bill’s annual $470 million price tag is unsustainable.

The governor said she will now call lawmakers back to the Statehouse for a special session to craft a new plan that costs the state no more than $425 million per year.

“The Legislature cann ... Read more

Kansas lawmakers add obstacle to placing regulations on busi

Gov. Laura Kelly said the new law would lead to more "red tape." Her veto of the legislation was overridden. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have restricted the government’s ability to impose regulations on ... Read more

Surveillance Video Shows Colorado Man Driving Stolen Car Thr

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After struggling to get the vehicle out, the man just decided to bulldoze through the industrial garage door.

When the night crew arrived at a Topeka, Kansas dealership, they found a ... Read more

Kansas Tourism announces Barn Adaptation and Restoration Nee

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TOPEKA – Kansas Tourism today announced the Barn Adaptation and Restoration Needs (BARN) Grant Program is open for applications. This is the first grant program of its ... Read more

Brown vs. Board: Topeka’s first Black female superintendent talks about equity, leadership

Published May 14, 2024 01:18AM

In 1950, the NAACP asked third-grader Linda Brown’s father to be one of a handful of plaintiffs in what would become Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor, ending the legalized segregation of Black and white children in public schools.

In 2016, Brown met Tiffany Anderson, the first black female superintendent for Topeka Public Schools, home of the once-all-Black school Brown first attended — and the same Kansas district that Brown’s grandchi ... Read more

Kansas Establishes Alzheimer’s Disease Coalition

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Work Group and Task Force Combine to Establish Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Coalition

TOPEKA – Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Ser ... Read more

Paranormal Cirque to bring R-rated fun to Kansas with a horr

The circus is coming to a nearby town, but Paranormal Cirque is not your typical family circus with clowns, cotton candy and petting zoos.

Instead, the show — which opens in Topeka, Kansas, next month — features mysterious creatures, ... Read more

Kansas’ governor vetoes a bill for extending child support

photo by: Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File

TOPEKA — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that child support payments cover fetuses, a measure critics saw as a move by anti-abortion ... Read more

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