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State elections official mum on reform plan to bar noncitizen voting

By Metric Media News Service | Mar 14, 2023

Kansas' elections chief, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, did not respond to a request for comment about a reform plan proposed by the advocacy group Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) to bar all noncitizens from voting in any Kansas election.

Kansas homicide rate estimated at 3.4 per 100,000 last year, FBI reports

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 7, 2021

Kansas last year recorded a homicide rate of 3.4 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 3.4 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.

Kansas received $1.26 billion in school stimulus funds during pandemic

By Metric Media News Service | Sep 29, 2021

The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Kansas received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $1.26 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Top marginal tax rate in Kansas could reach 55.04% under Biden plan

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 22, 2020

Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Kansas could hit 55.04 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly gets ‘D’ grade for fiscal management

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 7, 2020

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly received a grade of “D” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for her tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.

Kansas to lose $76.4 million in tax revenue from hotel industry this year

By Metric Media News Service | Jul 17, 2020

Kansas will lose $76.4 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.