The state of Kansas has a $290 million budget hole to fill. All 165 state legislators are up for election this year, so the Legislature adjourned without finding a more permanent fix to recurring revenue shortages and left it up to Gov. Sam Brownback to make necessary spending cuts. The governor refuses to believe that the 2012 tax cuts for 330,000 businesses is causing the problem. Instead, excuses are offered, such as falling commodity prices in oil and agriculture causing the latest revenue