Kansas moved Thursday to phase out the nation’s second-highest state sales tax on groceries, but Republican lawmakers wouldn’t have the state decrease consumers’ bills until after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly faces reelection in November. While Democrats initially opposed the plan and objected to the details, the final vote was unanimous. Kelly has refused to say whether she would sign the bill, which now awaits a vote in the House. This comes after the Kansas House late Thursday night overwhelmingly voted in support of the bill that would cut the state’s sales tax on food from its current mark of 6.5 %, the second highest in the country.
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