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Kansas budget faces $731 million hole in four years. Will lawmakers cut spending?

cjonline 18 Apr 2025
Kansas faces a projected ... "We are structurally imbalanced; there are no two ways about it," said Adam Proffitt, the governor's budget director and secretary of the Kansas Department of Administration.
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After promising property tax cuts, Kansas Republicans pass flat income tax plan

cjonline 17 Apr 2025
Kansas Republicans overrode the governor's veto to enact a flat income tax plan.The flat tax will gradually reduce income tax rates to a single rate of 4% based on economic benchmarks.While ...
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Kansas budget will bump up most classified employees pay by at least 2.5%

Salina Journal 17 Apr 2025
Governor Kelly remains committed to investing in state employees to grow Kansas' workforce and ensure talented workers are well-compensated for providing key services Kansans rely on," said Grace Hoge, a spokesperson for Kansas Gov.
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Kansas Legislature overrides Kelly's vetoes at record rate. What bills passed

Salina Journal 16 Apr 2025
What is the Kansas Supermajority? How leaders react to 2024 election ... Kansas lawmakers passed 116 new laws this session, the second most in the past two decades.Gov ... Laura Kelly vetoing 18 bills, the second-highest total in her tenure as governor.
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Laura Kelly's cat Frances has died, leaving 'big paw print as First Cat of Kansas'

cjonline 16 Apr 2025
Frances, the First Cat of Kansas, who spent the last six years of her life greeting visitors to the governor's mansion in Topeka, has died ... Although all good things come to an end, she no doubt left a big paw print as the First Cat of Kansas.".
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Kansas One Shot Turkey Hunt to Host Youth Participants this April

Butler County Times Gazette 15 Apr 2025
Kansas One Shot Turkey Hunt ... About the Kansas One Shot Turkey Hunt. Founded in 2023, the Kansas One Shot Turkey Hunt honors the vision of former Governor Mike Hayden and former El Dorado Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Marv McCown.
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Who is Josh Shapiro, whose home was damaged in 'act of arson'? What to know about PA gov

Usatoday 13 Apr 2025
Shapiro, 51, a Democrat, is currently serving his first term as the Keystone State's governor after winning election in 2022 ... Shapiro currently lives in the governor's residence in Harrisburg, PA ... He is the third Jewish governor in the state's history.
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What’s the real problem with electing Supreme Court justices in Kansas? | Opinion

cjonline 12 Apr 2025
Sixteen months from now Kansans will vote on a state constitutional amendment that will, if passed, institute popular elections for Kansas Supreme Court justices ... Today, Kansas has a mostly merit-based system for choosing Supreme Court justices.
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Opinion: The real problem with electing judges

Lawrence Journal World 12 Apr 2025
Today, Kansas has a mostly merit-based system for choosing Supreme Court justices; while governors make the appointment, they are required to choose from a list of candidates prepared by a nonpartisan committee of lawyers.
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Kansas governor signs budget bill with dozens of line-item vetoes; Senate rejects all of them ...

Lawrence Journal World 11 Apr 2025
She said Kansas demonstrated financial resilience during the past seven years after enduring damaging tax and spending decisions under a previous governor ... The governor also vetoed a budget item that ...
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Senate rejects all of governor’s budget vetoes; House takes starkly different approach

Butler County Times Gazette 11 Apr 2025
On Thursday, the Senate instigated an extraordinary maneuver to reject with a single vote about three-dozen vetoes executed by the Democratic governor as she went line-by-line through the spending bill adopted by the Kansas Legislature.
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States advance fetal rights measures that critics warn will pave a path for outlawing abortions

Beaumont Enterprise 11 Apr 2025
Republican supermajorities in the Kansas Legislature on Thursday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill to ...
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