The legislature is looking at making $279 million from this year’s budget before June 30, but legislative leadership is saying we have a spending problem not a revenue problem and blaming the national economy. “Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, blamed the projected shortfall on economic uncertainty nationwide…
“For his part, House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, has been unwilling to budge on the income tax cuts.
“‘The new revenue estimates only highlight the continuing need to protect core services while streamlining state government,’ Merrick said in a statement. ‘We do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.’”
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