TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators are divided over many of GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's proposals to close a shortfall in the Kansas budget by summer, and a few said Wednesday they don't like any of the ideas he's put forward.

The job at least became a little easier Wednesday when the Department of Revenue reporting that Kansas collected $24 million more in taxes than anticipated in January. It was the third straight month of better-than-expected tax collections, suggesting a pessimistic fiscal forecast issued in November was on the mark and lessening uncertainty about revenue projections...