Kansas revenue to miss June estimates as deficit widens
Kansas officials warn June tax receipts will likely fall about 30 million below estimates, widening the year end gap beyond 45 million. Income and corporate taxes underperform, prompting talks of transfers from highway, Medicaid and corrections funds to trim the shortfall, with school payments possibly delayed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Shawn Sullivan
Sullivan
Department of Corrections
Kelly
Brownback Administration
Sam Williams
Wichita
Duane Goossen
Kansas Center For Economic Growth
State Finance Council
Kansas lawmakers push transparency and new health and safety laws
The measure package includes open records for the Supreme Court Nominating Commission and when governors reveal Court of Appeals applicants, plus SB 22 tightening privacy rules and boosting government scrutiny. It also broadens campus religious group rights, curbs online revenge porn, raises tanning bed age, loosens trike licenses, increases vehicle registration to fund law enforcement, and tightens welfare and Medicaid rules to speed workforce reentry.
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Supreme Court Nominating Commission
High Court
Kansas Open Records
Kansas Open Meetings
Court of Appeals
Sam Brownback
Eagle
Savings: GCFD earns improved ISO rating
The Go for Fire Department district improves its insurance rating to Class 2, with implications for homeowners and businesses. Officials note that adding a second ladder truck would help coverage across the city, affecting premiums for large structures like Meadowlark Dairy and Walmart. Chiefs praise cross-department coordination and upkeep as key to the achievement.
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Shelton
GCFD
Mary Street
Meadowlark Dairy Nutrition
Walmart
Melvin Dale
Matt Allen
Holcomb Fire
Bill Knight
Kansas
Knight
Holcomb Fire Department
Medicaid Cuts on Track to Begin July 1
Randol said the agency is on timeline to implement the reduction on July 1 and change state plan amendments accordingly. CMS submission is planned on the appropriate timeline. Officials noted the usual Sept. 30 deadline to submit amendments, with no immediate CMS response on schedule changes.
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Randol
CMS
Kansas
KHA
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