Author: Dave Trabert
House tax committee chooses government interests over taxpayers
At Tuesday’s House Taxation Committee, Rep. Ken Corbet (R-Topeka) expressed frustration that the committee seems to favor government interests over…
COVID cases trending down but Kelly extends shutdown order
Legislators and others feared Kansas Governor Laura Kelly would drag out her economic shutdown when she wouldn’t identify specific criteria…
Senate tax committee tees up property tax reform
Kansans are another step closer to major property tax reform, thanks to bipartisan efforts of the Senate tax committee. The…
House committee discusses property tax transparency
The House Taxation Committee held met virtually this afternoon to discuss Senate Bill 294, a property tax transparency bill, and…
COVID update: states not locked down have better outcomes
As citizens are becoming increasingly frustrated with lingering shutdown orders, residents of the eight states whose governors didn’t shut them…
COVID mortality rate just 1% aside from nursing homes
As of Friday, May 8, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) said 85 of the state’s 152 COVID…
Sharice Davids silent on federal bailout for McClatchy pension plan
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, representing the state’s 3rd Congressional District, says she wants transparency on companies receiving aid through the…
County health officers issue conflicting stay-at-home orders
The extension of stay-at-home orders in Johnson and Wyandotte counties are causing quite a bit of online backlash from business…
COVID-19 cases continue trending down across Kansas
Aside from a few ‘hot spots,’ the 7-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases continues trending down in Kansas. Those hot…
Activist falsely accuses Open Up Kansas! ralliers of harassing nurses
Hundreds of people gathered in Topeka yesterday at the Open Up Kansas! rally in opposition to the economic impact of…
Kansas Justice Institute convinces Osage County to rescind parade ban
The residents of Osage County, Kansas, were planning to attend an Easter car parade when it was canceled by the…
Kansas tax revenue likely much worse than estimated
The Consensus Revenue Estimate (CRE) released Monday predicts a very modest two-year decline of just $88 million for the State…
Kansas businesses ready to safely reopen economy
The Kansas Chamber today released survey results that show a major shift among the Kansas business community and its desire…
JoCo business reopening task force lacks business experience
Johnson County Commission Chairman Ed Eilert appointed a task force to “strategize and implement a phased approach to reopening the…
COVID testing levels have little relationship with positive cases
A statistical analysis of COVID testing and cases by Kansas Policy Institute shows one positive case for roughly every ten…
COVID cases trending down in many counties but Kelly extends lockdown
Kanas Governor Laura Kelly yesterday extended her statewide lockdown order through May 3, even though many counties have decidedly downward…
COVID cases trending down, states without lockdowns do better
COVID-19 cases are trending downward in Kansas and the states that aren’t on mandatory lockdowns have fewer cases and deaths…
State unemployment site down; Kelly to extend economic shutdown
Despite mounting frustrations over the inability to file unemployment claims on the Kansas Department of Labor website and massive unemployment…
Kansas, Missouri far below national average on COVID-19 cases
Many media reports on COVID-19 cases focus only on the total number of cases in each state, but the population…
Kansas waives penalty, interest on 1Q 2020 estimated tax payments
The Kansas Department of Revenue this morning announced the waiver of penalty and interest for the first quarter 2020 estimated tax…
Wichita Eagle and KC Star: ‘do as we instruct, not as we do’
A commentary from Kansas Policy Institute CEO Dave Trabert Within the last few days, the McClatchy-owned Wichita Eagle and Kansas…
Kansas estimated tax payments due April 15, other states delay to July
Missouri and Colorado extended the due date for the 1st quarter 2020 estimated tax payments from April 15 to July…
Pelosi coronavirus stimulus bill would cripple private business with union giveaways
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus stimulus bill is loaded with union giveaways that would cripple private employers that accept stimulus funding…
Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus ‘stimulus’ wish list
Here’s a list – not everything, mind you but just a very short list – of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…