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Rainy, possibly stormy weather expected across eastern Kansas... the governor vetoes a bipartisan tax-cutting package...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas House of Representatives has forwarded a GOP-backed tax package to Governor Laura Kelly’s desk. A key feature, that has sparked backlash from Democrats, is a single-rate income tax, or ‘flat tax’ as some call it. Speaker Dan Hawkins and President Ty Masterson issued the following joint statement, after the House […]

Virtually every effort to provide state tax relief over the last ten years was met with the ‘Don’t Be Like Kansas’ mantra from special interests.  They’d claim tax cuts would produce budget deficits like Kansas experienced under Governor Sam Brownback. It wasn’t the concept of cutting taxes that produced deficits; states like North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana successfully provided tax relief while Kansas struggled. The problems that Kansas experienced were largely self-inflicted.

Explosions rocked both Miles City and Baker in eastern Montana on March 23, 1944. The Miles City blast was planned; the Baker explosion was most certainly not.

The UDK Voter Guide tracks the race for one of Kansas' seats in the U.S. Senate, currently being defended by Sen. Jerry Moran against Rev. Mark Holland from Kansas City.