budget deficit

The Topeka-based advocacy group, Kansas Action for Children, says the state's plan to deal with a budget deficit is hurting the state's most vulnerable population - poor children.

Education officials fear the governor may be poised to cut nearly $200 million from public schools, if the Kansas House and Senate can't agree on a tax plan to fund the state budget.

Now entering their second week of overtime, Kansas lawmakers have been unable to agree on how to fix a projected budget shortfall of more than $400 million. Most legislators agree the state needs some kind of new tax plan, but they're still far apart on what kind of plan they should pass.

It's all but certain Kansas lawmakers will pass tax increases before wrapping up their business for the year. But which taxes will be raised - and by how much? That's what legislators are struggling with, as the session drags on into overtime.

As the 2015 session goes into overtime, a Kansas House committee tries to come up with a tax plan.

House lawmakers are going back to the drawing board today (MON) after the chamber rejected a tax proposal last week.

The state of Kansas still needs a tax plan to fill a $400 million budget hole but so far, lawmakers have been unable to reach consensus on which taxes to raise and, by what amount. So, the legislature heads into overtime this week, as they try to reach some kind of compromise.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.

As Kansas lawmakers try to wrap-up this year's session, it's becoming more likely that some kind of tax increase, or several, will be enacted to fill the state's budget shortfall.

A state senator from Wichita has unveiled his plan for filling a huge budget deficit: hike taxes and roll back existing tax breaks.