TOPEKA (AP) – The top Democrat in the Kansas House says that if the state is going to cut taxes, it ought to focus on reducing property taxes.

House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, gave his party’s response Wednesday night to Gov. Sam Brownback’s State of the State address. The Republican governor outlined a sweeping tax plan that focuses on cuts in individual income tax rates.

Davis said property taxes have increased 65 percent in the past decades. Democratic legislators already have outlined a proposal to dedicate part of the future growth in state revenues to property tax relief.

Democrats also would use part of future revenue growth to boost to aid to public schools. Davis said past cuts in education funding should be reversed.