Kansas budget crisis how did we get here
Topeka reports Kansas faces its most serious budget squeeze in years as lawmakers decide on cutting programs or raising taxes. The piece explains boom and bust cycles, general fund constraints, entitlements, and the gap between projected revenues and spending for fiscal 2008 and 2003, with key figures for all funds and major departments.
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Kansas
Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves Administration
Graves
Associated Press
Department of Education
Departments of Aging and Social and Rehabilitation Services
Jobless rate falls in December despite layoffs in Kansas
TOPEKA AP The states unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent in December despite layoffs by aircraft manufacturers. Officials caution January will show higher unemployment and note a holiday rise in retail hiring. November rate was 4.0 percent, higher than December 2000 at 3.2 percent.
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Topeka
State Department of Human Resources
Richard Beyer
Unem
Beyer
Kansas economy weathered 1980s shocks with diversification
In Coffeyville and across Kansas, diversified growth after oil and aircraft declines kept unemployment near 4 percent in 2001. A 1980s study by KU professors led to grants and programs that expanded workforce from 1.169 to 1.388 million and population to 2.694 million by 2001. Community public private partnerships plus Cessna Amazon and a fertilizer plant spurred jobs, while Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp grants supported new product development and rural job creation.
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Coffeyville
Montgomery County
Jim Garner
Kansas
Oklahoma
Garner
Senate
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
University of Kansas
Tony Redwood
Charles Krider
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
House Appropriations Committee
Amazon.com
Cessna
Unem
Kerr and
Wilk
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
Gary Sherrer
Commerce and Housing
Bill Graves
Sherrer
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