while lawmakers have not increased education funding led by republican governor sam brown back, they did in 2012 pass the largest income tax cuts in the state's history. lawmakers are quick to defend the state's current education pending factoring in state, local and federal help. >> we do spend a significant amount of money add all three sources together, 12,000 plus dollars, almost $13,000 per student. >> with the high courts order, she hopes to see changes in her children's school soon, but the big picture issue of overall education spending is unresolved. >> coming up on aljazeera america, a drought could affect how much you pay for your mosh cup of joe. >> children holding hands to spread awareness. we'll tell you why in just a moment. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. three people are dead, eight hurt after a fire at a jersey shore motel. ten people still said to be missing, no word exactly on how the fire started. some people have been living there since super storm sandy hit. tonight, two weeks since malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared from the radar. a

contentious because while lawmakers have not increased education funding led by republican governor sam browndid in 2012 pass the largest income tax cuts in the state's history. some lawmakers are quick to defend the state's current education spending, factoring in state, local and federal health. >> we do spend a significant amount of money, add all three sources together, 12,000 plus dollars, almost 13,000 per student. >> with the high court's order, she hopes to see changes in her children's school soon. the big issue of overall school spending is still unresolved. >> republicans in the kansas house unveiled a plan thursday to fund the state's poorer school districts, but it would tie that money to school choice initiatives. >> a lot of communities having that same debate. >> spring may officially be here, but high winds and snow are moving across the mid yeast let's check in now for your national forecast. >> we know mother nature doesn't necessarily keep to a calendar and sometimes see snow into march or april. if you take a broad look, you can see what we're looking at this morning in n

sam brown on this program many times.ecause of a decision that was made by the kansas supreme court. the court handed down a mixed ruling on school finance friday, setting up a new round of jousting between republicans and democrats and education officials over what the state should do next. the court upheld parts of a lower court decision, agreeing ure needs toislat restore about $129 million a year in certain kinds of equalization aid to help poor school districts pay for capital improvements and fund their local option budgets or it is to find some other way to restore equity in these two programs. you can find out the full story on lawrence journal world's website. natasha joining us from michigan. caller: good morning. for a number of years, i was a pharmaceutical rep. my company was bought out by a larger company. i did work for the larger basis, on a temporary part-time. you can't expect me to move into a job that someone else has had with the company for a long time. i have sent out numerous resumes secondaryme in

>> i'm sam jackson from jackie brown. hoo-ah!ircle of trust, fokker. >> i'm sorry i called the cops. >> are you talking to me? >> yes. >> are you talking to me? >> i don't see anyone else here either. >> the path of the righteous man -- >> that is seth rogen in the new movie "neighbors." it opens on may 9th. seth. >> yes. >> jimmy: i have to say, i am as a guy who's married and is having a baby -- cowell, explai what the movie's about. >> the movie's about -- it premiered here at south by, which was amazing, by the way. [ cheers and applause ] i play a guy who's married to rose byrne and we have a new baby and we're kind of struggling with the fact we can't get super messed up all the time anymore, as most parents do, and then a fraternity moves in next door and at first we try to hang out with them and we start hating each other and then we go to war with each other. >> jimmy: is it weird for you to be the parent in this movie instead of one of the guys in the fraternity? >> it is a little weird. but at this point in my life i'm

sam. travis brown is the author of "how money walks" and joins us to break it all down.at state you might reside in. talking consumption taxes are talking about things you might be taxed at your grocery store, walmart or starbucks. some tax more and some tax nothing at all. >> washington state. what makes this state stand out. >> washington state in the pacific northwest is ate montgomery the nine states that chooses not to tax your work but chooses to tax all your consumption items. tax rates on coffee can be as high as up to almost 10% there. >> and that is the coffee state. tennessee, how is it different or the same as washington? >> tennessee similar to washington state. not taxing your work but high tax rates, state, plus local to live there. your trip to walmart or a local retailer might see tax rates 9.25% to 9.75%. >> so many businesses have been moving to tennessee, a lot of car companies and manufacturing moved to tennessee. it's a balance there, i guess. >> that's where we look at all the different kinds of taxes. there are two states, three here that choose n

sam ford, abc 7 news. you, sam.ht, thank the man who blew the whistle on mayor vincent gray's is supporting -- brown is the one who ignited the federal investigation in the first place when he claimed he was paid to stay in the mayoral race. maureen? exchange has care already cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and is now the target of a federal investigation. the maryland bureau chief joins us to explain how it got this far. the $276 million question. why are there so many problems when so much money has been spent? ♪ >> that was the promise of maryland's obamacare website. launched late and still not functioning properly, it has failed to deliver. >> they brag that they would develop the best exchange. now is the worst. >> he says the o'malley's administration attempt to set up is so bading website that the department of health and human services is launching an investigation. the bottom line is taxpayers deserve to know where that money went. >> paris says the investigation will look at contracting procurement -- harris says the investigation will look at contracting procurement. the head of

are the best and the worst when it comes to how much of your money is going to uncle sam and to the state. travis brownmorning to you. >> good morning. >> let's talk about, first of all, consumption taxes because every state it seems has some sort of it. first of all, what is a consumption tax? >> state sales tax rates which combined with the local rate would be the price you would realize at your local grocery retailer or starbucks. >> let's talk about the worst states for consumption taxes across the united states. >> among the two highest states in the country in the middle of america we have tennessee right here, which often -- >> tennessee? >> tennessee has no personal income tax so it does well overall but the state sales tax rate isç anywhere from 9.25 to almost 10%. >> what about washington state? that is the second one? >> on the pacific northwest we have washington state, also a state that doesn't charge your income next door to a state that doesn't have any sales tax but the price at starbucks can be among the highest in the country. >> every time you buy starbucks it is at least nine penni

brown and singles to center. scores giants win 3-2. >>> a's bottom first. game tied at one. sammove and left leaving his feet and watch him make this grab stealing it away from ryan sweeney. both tom of the third, same score. justin, a two-run homer off tommy milone. malone gives up three runs and top of the sixth, eric, the rbi to center, ties the game with the a's losing 6-4. >>> the honors keep coming for stanford women's basketball. the player of the year award for the second straight year while her coach tara voted coach of the year for the fourth straight season. the 14th time in her career she's actually won the award. >>> finally, bay area product shannon recently won the gold medal in the women's 3,000 meters at the usa indoor track and field championships. the victory sends her to the world championships this weekend in poland. i caught up with her last week. >> if shannon wilburry runs by, you might not notice. >> runners generally ply understa fly under the radar. i walk around and most of the time, people don't have a clue who i am. which is fine. >> she's the olymp