The Latest: Kansas House panel moving ahead with tax plan
The chairman of the Kansas House Taxation Committee says it will debate proposals for increasing personal income taxes to help balance the state's budget.
In the Senate, GOP leaders canceled a debate they had planned for Thursday on proposals to increase income taxes and cut education funding.
The proposals include eliminating an income tax exemption for more than 330,000 farmers and business owners and the state's top income tax rate to 5.25 percent from 4.6 percent.
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle says she and fellow Republican leaders thought they had an agreement among GOP senators on budget-balancing proposals.
Republican leaders in the Senate cancelled a debate on education funding cuts and income tax increases planned for Thursday after it became clear they didn't have enough support for the cuts.
Wagle said any package to balance the state budget through June 2019 will include spending cuts, tax increases and internal government borrowing.
Republican leaders have cancelled the Kansas Senate's debate on budget-balancing proposals because they could not sell GOP colleagues on education funding cuts.
Republican leaders have delayed a Kansas Senate debate on budget-balancing proposals to have another discussion among GOP senators about tax increases and education funding cuts.
Some Republicans in the Kansas Senate want to backtrack on cuts in education funding proposed by GOP leaders to help balance the state budget.
Top Republican legislators in Kansas are facing a key test of support for budget-balancing proposals to cut education spending and hike income taxes.