Originally posted by j2000
I today, with our state in chaos. Our country gone stupid.
My fellow Americans that won't wake up,
won't stand up.
I have official conciderd our once great nation officially
in "Distress".
Pic of House this Morning
In addition to payroll spending, the tax refunds and Medicaid payments, payments to schools and cities could be affected eventually if the impasse continues.
The state is scheduled March 2 to pay $185 million to public schools and $25 million to cities and counties to offset money lost when the state abolished the machinery and equipment tax, Goossen said.
Diane Gjerstad, lobbyist for Wichita schools, said she didn’t expect the district to be harmed. She added that the situation pointed to why districts need to have their own contingency fund. "If the state is short, we want to be able to make our payroll," she said.
Andover schools would be able to pay employees for the near future, said district spokeswoman Keturah Austin.
"If the state didn’t make it on time in February, we have enough cash reserves for one month," she said.
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Originally posted by turbokid
Originally posted by j2000
I today, with our state in chaos. Our country gone stupid.
My fellow Americans that won't wake up,
won't stand up.
I have official conciderd our once great nation officially
in "Distress".
Pic of House this Morning
a man of his word, good job.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius moves to end a budget impasse that is delaying income tax refunds and threatening to hold up state employees' paychecks by signing a bill to eliminate a deficit.
The Democratic governor Tuesday met a key demand from Republican leaders that she sign the bill before they allow her to take steps to ease a cash crunch. But Sebelius vetoed individual provisions in the bill to lessen cuts to public schools. She also vetoed several other items.
Republican leaders said the budget needed to be balanced before they would approve a plan from Sebelius to borrow money internally to shore up the state's main bank account.
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Originally posted by j2000
reply to post by svenglezz
Not very good. Kansas was really good until two years ago.
Originally posted by MOFreemason
Looks as though the budget stalemate has come to a close.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius moves to end a budget impasse that is delaying income tax refunds and threatening to hold up state employees' paychecks by signing a bill to eliminate a deficit.
The Democratic governor Tuesday met a key demand from Republican leaders that she sign the bill before they allow her to take steps to ease a cash crunch. But Sebelius vetoed individual provisions in the bill to lessen cuts to public schools. She also vetoed several other items.
Republican leaders said the budget needed to be balanced before they would approve a plan from Sebelius to borrow money internally to shore up the state's main bank account.
www.kmbc.com...
Kansans certainly can't get overly-excited now though, because the state will soon be preparing for 2010 budget gap that totals over $1.1 billion. This means HUGE services/department/agency slashing or a significant increase in tax revenues (retail and/or property).
WASHINGTON – President Obama has settled on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, a key ally with a record of working across party lines, as his top choice for secretary of health and human services, advisers said Wednesday.
Should she be nominated, Ms. Sebelius would bring eight years of experience as her state’s insurance commissioner as well as six years as a governor running a state Medicaid program. But with Mr. Obama about to begin a drive to expand health coverage — an issue on which the parties have deep ideological divisions — her strongest asset in the White House view may be her record of navigating partisan politics as a Democrat in one of the country’s most Republican states.
Ms. Sebelius resolved a state budget crisis on Tuesday and plans to be in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for a meeting of the National Governors’ Association. Asked about the cabinet job, her spokeswoman, Beth Martino, said the governor “is focused on the economic challenges currently facing Kansas, including our state budget and the impacts of the federal stimulus package.”
