Voters in Maize overwhelmingly approved a one-cent sales tax Tuesday.
The unofficial vote was 241 to 124.
The sales tax is to take effect Jan. 1 and last until 2036. It will add to existing state and county sales taxes — 6.5% from Kansas and 1% from Sedgwick County — for a total tax of 8.5% on purchases of goods or services in the city of Maize…