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Article snippet: Kansas legislators on Tuesday voted to raise taxes by more than a billion dollars, rolling back steep tax cuts signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback (R) five years ago that sank the state into a deep fiscal hole. A bipartisan majority in the state Senate and state House voted to override Brownback's veto of a bill to raise taxes by $1.2 billion. The measure reverses many of the tax cuts that Brownback authorized in 2012, when the Republican-dominated legislature slashed taxes to the core. In the intervening years, Kansas has faced deep budget deficits and increasingly bitter fights between Brownback and the legislature — still controlled by Republicans — over how to close those budget holds. The bill instated by the legislature late Tuesday would increase costs on every Kansas family that pays income taxes. Even low-income earners would pay more under the new plan. Businesses will be required to pay more in taxes, but families would be able to claim a tax credit for child care, a provision eliminated under Brownback's 2012 tax cut plan. Brownback called the bill the largest tax hike in Kansas history. In his veto message, issued earlier Tuesday, Brownback said he had moved the state toward "a pro-growth orientation." "Unfortunately, Senate Bill 30 takes us backward in that effort. We can and we must balance our budget without negatively harming Kansas families," Brownback wrote. The legislature's decision to raise taxes came five years after Brownback and the ... Link to the full article to read more