Senate splits sales tax hike from income tax cuts 

UPDATED AT 5:30 P.M. Senate Republicans approved key changes to the budget deal during a committee hearing Aug. 10 in an effort to muster 16 votes to pass the entire proposal. The Senate Appropriations adopted amendments to H2007 and H2015 that separated the tax-cut and tax-hike provisions of the budget deal. Under the amended proposal, H2007 contains provisions to repeal the state …