Kansas Senate Defeats Lower-Tax Measure

Kansas' four shuttered racetracks, if they reopen, would pay 40 percent in slot machine tax, like the state's four casinos, not 22 percent, as proposed in a recently rejected state Senate bill. Supporters said lowering the tax would attract investors but opponents said casinos could sue the state for breach of contract. Billionaire Phil Ruffin (l.) owns three of the four defunct tracks.