By Rob Luke

TOPEKA — Kansas Rep. Kenny Wilk is adding more armor for his full-scale attack on a controversial new Missouri law on cross-state taxation.

Wilk late last week submitted an unusual opinion request to Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison. He asked the AG’s opinion on whether a recent Missouri law increasing income taxes on out-of-staters who work in Missouri violated their constitutional rights.

Wilk feels their pain. He lives in Lansing, Kan. but works in Kansas City, Mo. and is thus subject to the tax rise. His opinion is noteworthy because AGs are rarely asked about laws in other states. Read more…