Kansas GOP, Democratic legislators bitter about being elbowed out of tax bill dealmaking

Sen. Molly Baumgardner, R-Louisburg, joined a bipartisan group of legislators frustrated with the process deployed by Senate President Ty Masterson, House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Gov. Laura Kelly to negotiate behind closed doors a massing income and property tax reform bill. The Legislature is to vote Tuesday on the package, but were given a copy of the bill Monday during an informal hearing on the deal. Photo Credit: SHERMAN SMITH / KANSAS REFLECTOR
By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector Republicans and Democrats complained Monday about closed-door tax bill negotiations dominated by Gov. Laura Kelly and the two top Republican…

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