Accusing Republicans of making empty promises about property tax relief, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday vetoed a controversial protest petition proposal and released her own tax plan. Kelly’s reform package was rolled out in tandem with a veto and scathing rebuke of a GOP bill that would have empowered 10% of voters in cities, counties and school districts to reject budgets that spend more than the previous year. “Kansans deserve real property tax relief,” said Kelly, a Democrat, in her veto message. “For several years the Legislature has claimed to make delivering that relief their top priority and yet they have not been successful in delivering on that promise.”
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