TAX RELIEFMasterson Tells Kelly: Kansas Taxpayers Have Waited Long Enough
The Senate president’s opening agenda puts property taxes, bureaucracy and parental authority on a collision course with the governor’s caution.
Kansas Politics
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TAX RELIEF
PROPERTY TAXESKansas Republicans Cut a Property-Tax Line as Contractors Sound the Alarm
The SB 35 conference report turns “tax relief” from a campaign phrase into a charge homeowners can watch disappear.
TAX POLICYKelly Vetoed the Tax Trigger. Kansas Republicans Put It on the Books Anyway.
The SB 269 law gives Kansas taxpayers an August 15 date, a reserve requirement, and a path out of permanent government growth.
STATE BUDGETKansas Republicans Cut the Spending Plan—and Keep a $1.8 Billion Cushion
The FY2026 budget funds priorities without surrendering the treasury to every new demand from Topeka.
SCHOOL CHOICEKelly Vetoed the Kansas GOP’s School-Choice Win—and Parents Paid the Price
House Bill 2468 put a federal tax-credit path behind parent choice before the governor’s veto tried to close the door.
NATIONAL SECURITYMasterson and Kobach Close the Gate on Foreign Adversaries Near Kansas Bases
The Kansas Land and Military Installation Protection Act turns a security warning into a 100-mile line, a registration system and a direct challenge to foreign footholds.
ELECTIONSKansas Republicans Beat Back Kelly’s Election-Funding Veto
The SB 5 fight pits Kansas control of election money against Governor Kelly’s defense of federal funding and outside assistance.
ELECTION LAWKobach and Schwab Put Coldwater’s Election Night Under the Rule of Law
Attorney General Kris Kobach and Secretary of State Scott Schwab are forcing a hard question into the open: who gets to cast a Kansas ballot?
WOMEN'S SPACESKansas Republicans Drew a Line Around Women’s Spaces and Crushed Kelly’s Veto
Masterson’s GOP majority overrode Laura Kelly, and Kobach is now spelling out what privacy and biological sex mean in public facilities.
CAMPUS SPEECHMasterson’s Republicans Put Campus Speech Gatekeepers on Notice
The KIRK Act turns a shut-off microphone and Kelly’s veto into a Republican bill of rights with consequences.
IMMIGRATIONKobach Puts Kansas Investigators on the Front Line of Immigration Enforcement
A KBI–ICE partnership and a new law for sheriffs close the gaps that let serious offenders slip between jurisdictions.