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Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Kansas have set up an encampment to demand the school halt investments with companies that have ties to Israel…the Douglas County Commission has adopted revised rules for wind energy projects…and the clean-up continues after an EF3 tornado slammed a small town in northeast Kansas. Those stories and more inside.

Gov. Laura Kelly has voiced concerns with the cost of the Legislature’s recent tax plans, which she warns would threaten the state’s financial health.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly plans to veto the new tax package passed by the state Legislature in an overnight session Wednesday. The governor’s Chief of Staff, Will Lawrence, sent the following statement to Nexstar’s Kansas Capitol Bureau. “Governor Kelly will veto the tax plan agreed to in Conference Committee Report for Senate […]

The Democratic governor will decide whether to veto legislation that would move Kansas to two income tax brackets instead of three.

Kansas legislators are struggling to overcome political divisions that have prevented their state's residents from seeing major income tax cuts.

Kansas legislators approved on Friday another year's worth of funding for most state agencies and services after a few lawmakers staged a last-minute public protest.

Kansas legislators approved on Friday another year's worth of funding for most state agencies and services after a few lawmakers staged a last-minute public protest.

The Kansas Legislature passed an overhaul of the state’s income tax early Saturday, condensing the three current tax brackets into two. On Friday, state lawmakers approved another year's worth of funding for most state agencies and services including a 93% pay increase for themselves coming next year. Those stories and more inside.

The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a bill early Saturday morning that would cut income, sales and property taxes by more than $1.5 billion over three years.

Kansas legislators are struggling to overcome political divisions that have prevented their state’s residents from seeing major income tax cuts over the past two years even as other states have