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Kansas Senate Approves Tax Plan to Balance Budget

State Senator Les Donovan, chairman of the Senate Tax Committee, interviewed by a TV reporter. (Photo by Jim McLean, KHI News Service)
Monday, June 8th, 2015, by Jim McLean

Kansans will pay higher sales and cigarette taxes under a tax plan approved by the state Senate yesterday (SUN) to balance the state budget. The House is scheduled to consider the plan this afternoon.  Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports.

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