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Kansas Business Tax Exemption Targeted for Repeal

By Jim McLean
Published April 27, 2016 at 3:42 PM CDT
Kansas State Senator Forrest Knox meeting with constituents in Gridley.
Kansas State Senator Forrest Knox meeting with constituents in Gridley.

The state’s budget problem will be the first priority facing Kansas lawmakers today (WED) as they start the second part of their annual session. Specifically, lawmakers will be looking for ways to erase $290 million in red ink and balance the budget. One of the proposals they’re considering would close a controversial tax exemption for businesses. But supporters of the measure are having trouble lining up the votes they need. Reporter Jim McLean spoke with one state lawmaker who was visiting with voters in his southeast Kansas district.

Want to learn more about this story?  Read about it here, at the KHI News Service website.

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Jim McLean is a reporter for the KHI News Service, based in Topeka.

 
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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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