TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s unprecedented budget takeover will enter the 2025 legislative session with a bare bones spending plan and sweeping cuts while Republican lawmakers eye property and corporation tax reductions. Gov. Laura Kelly…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats after billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the…

Allen Community College trustees agreed to spend up to $14 million for construction of a new Career and Technical Education facility and a maintenance building. They acknowledged it also could cost another $1 million or…

TOPEKA — Top leaders of the Kansas Legislature authorized on a party-line vote Wednesday the formation of a special committee responsible for developing a state government budget plan before the start of the 2025 session…

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will spend about $1.2 billion to maintain ships deployed as part of operations in the Red Sea and to replenish stocks of missiles fired to repel attacks by Iran and its…

TOPEKA — Lawmakers’ plans to take control of the state’s budget-writing process could be rocky upon rollout, Republican leadership warned Wednesday as outside groups weighed in. The new approach positions the Legislature as the state’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties thwarted his first attempt…

HUMBOLDT — Though Humboldt residents Rex Heape and Greg Kaufman attended Monday’s council meeting with the purpose to complain about what they feel is runaway spending, they perhaps left feeling their local tax dollars are…

Iola City Council members voted to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) and approve the 2025 budget of $35,080,498 at Monday evening’s council meeting. This results in a mill levy increase to the general fund…

Budgeting is a critical skill that builds healthy financial behaviors and habits. Establishing financial goals that are important to you and writing them down sparks a commitment to achieving those goals. A budget can help…