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UPDATE: This plan has failed in committee. / As Kansas lawmakers try to fill a huge hole in the state budget, one GOP legislator is pushing a plan to raise the state state sales tax by a whole penny. However, Wichita Republican Representative Steve Brunk wants to keep intact the current income tax exemption for 330,000 business owners and farmers.
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Facing a $400 million budget shortfall, Kansas lawmakers keep getting bad economic news.
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As Kansas struggles to fill a $400 million deficit, the governor and top Republican lawmakers appear to be at odds over the idea of reversing some of the income tax cuts enacted within recent years.
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Raise taxes? Reduce spending? Both? Kansas lawmakers have many decisions to make as they return to the statehouse to craft a budget for the next two years.
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A state panel has lowered the projection for state tax collections. Officials now predict the state will collect $187 million less in taxes through June 2016 than they had previously expected. Governor Brownback is expected to release an updated budget plan later this week.
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The Kansas House prepares to debate a bill to fix a $330 million hole in the current fiscal year's budget. Among other things, the bill diverts originally earmarked for road and bridge repairs.
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Kansas lawmakers feel they need to fix the state's budget mess within the next few weeks just to ensure state bills get paid on time.