TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted to remove all state and local sales taxes on food next year, in a last-minute reversal of an earlier proposal to curtail sales tax reductions for unhealthy food. Senators voted to eliminate the food sales tax Thursday during a Senate debate, advancing an amended version of Senate Bill 248 by a 22-16 vote.
The April 24, 2022, death of Keith L. Sprunger, Oswald H.
The richest Kansans would receive thousands of dollars in income tax cuts while the poorest residents would save just a few under a bill Kansas senators passed Thursday. After a debate that turned bitter when a Democratic senator proposed a graduated income tax system, the Kansas Senate voted 2217 for a 4.75% flat income tax rate on a voice vote. It now goes to the Kansas House of Representatives for consideration.
Kansas lawmakers are again trying to legalize fentanyl test strips to keep people alive amid a pandemic of soaring overdoses. “We aren’t used to dealing with pills being made that are killing people at this level.
WICHITA — Dozens of education bills making their way through the Kansas Legislature this session could have a profound effect on public schools. Conservatives want to make it easier for families to send their children to private schools — including diverting tax dollars — and they’re once again pushing for more parental control over what’s taught in public school classrooms.
Walk and Roll Harvey to meet Walk and Roll Harvey, a working group of the Healthy Harvey Coalition, will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. Feb.
Following hours of executive session on Feb. 22, media and the public were welcomed back into a special meeting of the Newton USD 373 Board of Education.
Newton High School Jazz Ensemble I was been selected to perform at the annual Kansas Music Educators Association Convention Feb. 24 at Century II in Wichita.
A meeting of the county commission Feb. 21 turned a bit fiery as those wanting to use the public comment section of the meeting expressed frustration with the commission over a proposed wind energy project, and limitations on the public comment section of the meeting.