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Democrat enters governor's race

BY DAVID KLEPPER, Eagle Topeka bureau | Today at 6:03 a.m.

TOPEKA — Calling Sam Brownback's election as Kansas' next governor premature, Kansas Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a candidate of their own: Tom Wiggans, a retired Olathe pharmaceutical executive.

  • Gov.: Schools' lawsuit threat won't sway cuts

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Today at 12:05 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas' governor said Tuesday that the threat of a lawsuit over education funding won't influence the spending cuts he'll make to keep the current state budget in balance.

  • Talk of furloughs for state workers grows

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Nov. 13 at 12:04 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The chairmen of the Kansas Legislature's budget committee think furloughs of government employees are growing more likely because of the state's persistent budget problems.

  • Officials discuss deporting inmates

    Associated Press | Nov. 12 at 12:07 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Nearly 300 inmates in Kansas prisons identify themselves as foreign nationals, which has prompted a key state legislator to suggest some should be deported to help ease the state's budget problems.

  • State school board fears more cuts

    Associated Press | Nov. 11 at 12:03 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Members of the State Board of Education expressed frustration Tuesday that further cuts in Kansas public schools would hurt the quality of education.

  • Shortfall in budget nears half a billion

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | Nov. 6 at 6:54 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The state will have to cut at least $258.8 million to balance the current budget by the end of the fiscal year, revenue estimators said Thursday.

  • Gov. criticized over KC Wizards incentives

    By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Nov. 3 at 5:47 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson is suggesting that critics who think his administration isn't trying hard enough to lure thousands of jobs away from Missouri are pushing him to be fiscally irresponsible.

  • Tax hikes possible, governor says

    By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 31 at 8:32 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas is "very close" to being forced to consider raising taxes to deal with budget problems, Gov. Mark Parkinson said Friday.

  • Unlawful gambling machines bite the dust

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 8:30 a.m.

    The giant bucket of a front-end loader fell heavily on a dozen gambling machines Friday, smashing them to bits before a row of television cameras.

  • Otto rejects demand from NAACP to pull rap, apologize

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 30 at 1:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The NAACP's Kansas chapter demanded Thursday that a state legislator remove his "RedNeck Rap" from the Internet and publicly apologize for the video criticizing President Obama.

  • Kan. official's Mo. job raises questions

    BY CHRIS BLANK AND JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 30 at 1:08 a.m.

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —The Kansas secretary of commerce plans to cross state lines to lead economic development efforts in Missouri, which is prompting some Kansas legislators to question his loyalties in a key business-recruiting effort.

  • Group seeks state amendment on health care

    BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 1:05 a.m.

    In a pre-emptive strike on national health care, conservative state lawmakers and representatives of the "tea party" movement on Tuesday proposed changing the state Constitution to exempt Kansas from federal health insurance mandates.

  • Education may face more cuts

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 24 at 12:09 a.m.

    TOPEKA — New students in Kansas' public schools and declining property values have punched what could become a $70 million hole in the state's already shaky budget, a top education official confirmed Friday.

  • Legislators start audit of prison sex

    Associated Press | Oct. 21 at 12:09 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Legislators have initiated their own audit of Kansas' corrections system because of allegations of widespread sex between staff members and inmates at the state's women's prison.

  • Millions more may be cut out of budget

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | Oct. 13 at 5:39 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Looming cuts to this year's budget and less money for the next year could translate into fewer meals for seniors, larger class sizes in public schools and deeper cuts to state programs which have already go through several reductions.

  • Wagnon blames tax cuts for state woes

    BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 10 at 12:07 a.m.

    Kansas would not have a budget crisis if the state Legislature had been less generous with tax cuts and exemptions, according to figures presented Friday by Secretary of Revenue Joan Wagnon.

  • State revenue tops forecast for August

    BY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | Sep. 1 at 7:03 a.m.

    TOPEKA — The Kansas revenue department said Monday that the state collected $6.9 million more in taxes than had been expected for August.

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