March 29, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Truth in Taxation

Dark store theory: counties break the law, threaten residential property tax hike

Even the name — dark store theory — sounds ominous. With the willing participation of local media, some local officials…

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Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens

Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law.  Taxpayers are fed…

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Go to RNR hearings and demand lower property tax

There will be a lot of RNR hearings coming in the next four weeks where local officials will try to…

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Truth in Taxation is already saving millions in property tax

Now that local officials have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose on residents and businesses,…

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Overland Park wastes $800,000 on mini-roundabouts

The late Milton Friedman could have been thinking about the City of Overland Park when he said, “when a man…

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USD 420 Osage City and Osage County may reduce property taxes

If Osage City School Board President Jay Bailey can convince a few other board members, the district may slightly decrease…

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Overland Park 2022 budget: deceit and a 10% property tax hike

Overland Park residents this summer will be invited to attend the city’s first Truth in Taxation hearing where city officials…

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Property taxes jump again but help is on the way

This year, many Kansas taxpayers will still see their property taxes go up, and in many cases, four to five…

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Delaying property tax honesty bill implementation is bad for taxpayers

A parade of city and county officials yesterday asked the House Taxation Committee to delay implementation of the property tax…

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Lawmakers fast-track SB 13 Truth in Taxation property tax bill

The Truth in Taxation transparency measure vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly last year is back as SB 13, which requires…

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Kansas Reflector legislative coverage puts media bias on full display

Media bias comes in many flavors; making outright false claims, slipping editorial statements in news stories to push a political…

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Cities, counties use your money to fight property tax relief

City and county officials often justify tax increases as being necessary to provide services demanded by residents.  But if they…

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Overland Park proposes 6% property tax increase

The City of Overland Park is proposing a 6.2% property tax hike next year, according to their proposed 2021 budget. …

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Property tax reform survives efforts to scuttle the bill

Local elected officials will have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose starting next year.  The…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Truth in Taxation property tax bill a priority for legislative leaders

The one-day closing session of the 2020 Legislature may bring the passage of the Truth in Taxation property tax bill…

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Local government entities continue fighting Truth in Taxation property tax law

In testimony Monday on Truth in Taxation before the House Taxation Committee, Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell urged legislators to…

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