But Rep. Todd Akin, R-St. Louis County, one of three Republican legislators who filed the suit, said Gov. Mel Carnahan broke his promise to voters in 1992 when he pledged to bring such an increase to a vote of the people.
The suit, filed by Rep. Todd Akin, R-St. Louis County, involves the income and corporate tax hikes passed by the legislature in 1993 that totally rewrote the state's school financing system.