Kansas legislators expect Kelly to veto their latest tax cuts and call a special session

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas lawmakers approved a new, slightly smaller package of tax cuts before adjourning their annual session early Wednesday, expecting Gov. “I will see you all in a couple of weeks.” Republican leaders spent Tuesday afternoon and evening revising one last tax bill after they couldn’t muster the two-thirds majority necessary in the Senate on Monday to override Kelly’s veto of a bill approved earlier this month that would cut taxes by $1.56 billion over the next three years. The latest version of the big tax bill, one of four measures cutting taxes, would save taxpayers $1.46 billion over three years. They view that as simpler and fairer, though Kelly told them in vetoing their first plan this year in January that the move would benefit the “super wealthy.” The plan Kelly vetoed earlier this month and the one approved late Tuesday night would move Kansas to two personal income tax rates. Kelly told House Democrats earlier this month that she sees going to two personal income tax rates as a step toward the single-rate “flat” tax that she opposes.