Tag: Budget
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas collected $49 million less in taxes than expected in January, giving Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Legislature a dose of bad news Friday at the start of debates…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are less than 50-50. As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A key part of Kansas Gov. Laura Kellys proposed budget dealing with pensions appears doomed, creating potential trouble for her efforts to boost spending on public schools and expand the states…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told Kansas legislators Wednesday that the state faces an emergency in its child welfare system and is completely unprepared for the next national economic downturn. Kelly…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democrat Laura Kellys top priorities as Kansas new governor arise from her work as a state lawmaker and a decade as one of the Legislatures key players on budget issues. Kelly,…
MORAN A $25,000 transfer from Morans electric reserves to the citys general fund to close out the 2018 fiscal year should be sufficient to ensure both funds remain in compliance, City Council members agreed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas incoming Democratic governor uses words like decimated to describe whats happened to state government over the past decade and will be looking to add staff, boost spending and rethink contracts…
Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly insists the state budget shes preparing can fully fund the states schools, expand Medicaid coverage to another 150,000 people and begin to repair a troubled child welfare system without a…
Former Gov. Sam Brownback wanted his legacy to be as a champion of education. His favorite photo-op was him reading to toddlers, as he touted all-day kindergarten and summer and after-school literacy programs as well…
Calling it a first step to shoring up the citys water fund, Iola City Council members approved a 10-percent water rate hike, effective Jan. 1. Other steps are still to come. Even with the rate…
