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by Sam Zeff, KCUR and Kansas News Service School districts across Kansas are breathing a bit easier after the Legislature passed a school funding plan and a tax law that provides the money for it. Ideally, districts would want to have most of their budgets done by now so school boards could approve them and … Continue reading “Kansas districts in budget limbo as they await governor’s action on school funding bill”

The Kansas Senate and House tonight overrode Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a tax increase bill. The Senate vote was 27-13, and the House vote was 88-31. The override ends the Brownback tax cuts, which were passed in 2012. The new bill would raise $1.2 billion in two years. In the Senate, Sens. David Haley, … Continue reading “Legislature overrides governor’s veto”

by Jim McLean, Kansas News Service The filing deadline isn’t until next June. But candidates already are lining up for what could be the toughest job in Kansas: succeeding Gov. Sam Brownback. Four hopefuls are at least tentatively in the race and several more are thinking about getting in, including some Republican heavyweights. Who? Kansas … Continue reading “Candidates lining up for 2018 governor’s campaign”