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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.
After serving as Virginia’s lieutenant governor and governor and extensively traveling the state, Kaine told supporters Tuesday at Richmond’s Hippodrome Theater, he’s confident Virginians will again reject former President Donald Trump and Republicans like him who “want to tear us down and tear us apart.”
As he launched his 2024 reelection campaign in Richmond this week, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said being back in the city’s Jackson Ward neighborhood felt like “time has collapsed.”
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 over a 93% pay increase for themselves coming next year. The Republican-controlled Senate approved, 26-12, a bill with about $19 billion in spending for the state's 2025 budget year, which begins July 1. The Senate's action came hours after the GOP-controlled House approved the bill, 78-44, so the measure goes next to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
TOPEKA (KSNT) — Kansas lawmakers have passed a budget package, which sets aside billions of dollars over the course of several years. It now heads to the Governor’s desk. While the bill includes some bipartisan measures, some lawmakers decried other parts of the plan that include provisions to weed out “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” — […]