tax plan

Governor Sam Brownback may order across-the-board budget cuts if state lawmakers can't agree on a tax plan to fund the budget. The governor's budget director says prison guards could be laid off and aid to public schools could be reduced.

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.

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

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.