Kansas state budget

A plan to provide most Kansas state employees a 5% raise costs about $11 million more than expected and is creating a potential for state agencies to shut down next year.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants to increase taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, among other things, to fill the state’s $378 million budget shortfall.As The…

The highly criticized supply-side tax cuts in Kansas that have resulted in a $350 million-deficit in the current fiscal year’s budget are front and center…

Gov. Sam Brownback cut Medicaid reimbursements by 4 percent earlier this year, as part of budget cuts aimed at covering the revenue shortfall in Kansas,…

Because of an AP reporter’s determination this week, Kansas voters learned of several proposed statewide budget cuts that they would not otherwise have…

There’s a new tax plan headed for debate in the Kansas House. A legislative committee has advanced a proposal that would focus on sales taxes to fill a…

Revenue estimates for the state of Kansas are in, and the projections have a lot of red ink reported Stephen Koranda for Kansas Public Radio. To balance…

July tax collections by the Kansas state government exceeded analysts’ projections for July. This is a reversal of a three-month shortfall that deflated…

Kansas has a budget problem. It’s collecting less tax money than it planned. This spring, the state intended to take in $651 million from personal income…

The state of Kansas is loaning itself $675 million to be able to pay its bills. That’s nothing new. That’s how it’s been done for the last 16 years…