Kansas Governor Sets June 18 Session to Work Out Tax Cuts

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly called lawmakers for a special session starting June 18 to resolve differences with her over tax relief provisions, following her vetoes of three tax-cut packages earlier this year.

In a Wednesday announcement, the Democratic governor said she was looking for “bipartisan collaboration on comprehensive tax relief that does not threaten Kansas’ solid fiscal foundation.”

• The latest vetoed bill, SB 37, would have reduced the state’s three-bracket income tax system to two brackets and lowered the top rate too much, favoring the wealthy and jeopardizing future budgets, Kelly said in her message earlier this month. The ...