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Third-grade students in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools are gearing up to participate in the 25th Annual Kansas Kids’ Fitness and Safety Day. The Governor’s Council on Fitness and Safe Kids Kansas are sponsoring this statewide event to reinforce the fun and health benefits of noncompetitive physical activities and injury prevention. In KCKPS, the … Continue reading “Day of fun, games and fitness for KCKPS students”
Budget amendments include reduction in payment percentage to KanCare companies by Ashley Booker, KHI News Service Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday submitted a budget amendment that would reduce state general fund expenditures, including some to health programs, by $72 million to help balance budgets in the two coming fiscal years. Revenue estimates for the next … Continue reading “Brownback administration unveils $72 million in spending changes”
by Andy Marso, KHI News Service More pessimistic state revenue estimates released this week could breathe new life into tobacco and alcohol tax increases that lawmakers thus far had ignored. The state’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group said Monday that Kansas should expect to collect about $5.71 billion in taxes in the fiscal year that begins … Continue reading “Lower revenue numbers could force new talks on tobacco tax”