Representative Richard Carlson (R-St. Marys) during the tax talks. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)After making little progress for weeks, public negotiations on taxes have continued in the Kansas Statehouse. Legislative leaders and the governor had been meeting behind closed doors, but this week it appeared those talks had stalled. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda tells us, House and Senate negotiators held a public meeting yesterday (WED) and House members offered a new compromise.