Kansas budget slashes $259 million amid cuts across state
The Kansas budget faces deep cuts totaling about $259 million this year, with roughly $1 billion sliced from a prior $6 billion plan. Leaders clash over taxes as furloughs loom for state staff and schools and higher education brace for reductions, signaling widespread impact on services, teachers, and students.
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University of Kansas
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Budget cuts ripple through health and housing programs
Parkinson's administration slashes funding across nursing and engineering budgets while delaying National Cancer Institute designation efforts. Medicaid physician reimbursements fall 10 percent and highway maintenance loses 50 million. Disability services waitlists grow and prisoner supervision drops amid shifting 85.9 million in federal stimulus to the current year, widening the next year's budget hole.
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Moore Declines 2010 Run for Congress in Kansas
Moore, 64, says he will not seek reelection to the U S House and will serve until January 2011. GOP reacts, citing his votes with Pelosi and support for cap and trade. a crowded field forms led by Kevin Yoder and others amid Democratic pushback.
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