UPDATED: Jacobs facing political fallout from tax vote

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(Updated to include comments from Jacobs, Bowers and AFP)

Republican state Rep. Trevor Jacobs is facing the political fallout from voting against his own party on legislation that would have moved the state to a single tax structure.

Jacobs, a conservative lawmaker who represents House District 4 in the Fort Scott area, has lost a plumb committee assignment and, in an unrelated development, now faces a Republican primary opponent.

Earlier in the week, Jacobs along with four other Republicans voted against overriding the . . .

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