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Amid a two-year budget shortfall of nearly $800 million, Kansas lawmakers must increase funding for public schools, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
March 2 - Kansas
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownbacks veto of a bill that would have increased income taxes leaves the state still struggling to balance its budget, according to Moodys Investors Service.
February 27 - Kansas
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownbacks veto of a bill that could have raised $1 billion over two years withstood an attempted override in the Kansas Senate.
February 23 - Texas
With a strong, fourth-quarter kick, bond volume in the Southwest set a second consecutive record at $83.4 billion, surpassing the 2015 total by 7.2%, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
February 13 - Kansas
Facing a $900 million shortfall, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing a combination of tax increases, cuts in transportation and pension funding and the sale of tobacco settlement securitization bonds.
January 12 - Kansas
After reducing its revenue forecast for the current fiscal year, Kansas hit its November revenue target as lawmakers prepared for another lean budget year.
December 2 - Kansas
Kansas collected $12.7 million less revenue than anticipated in October, continuing a trend that has forced the state to reduce spending.
November 3 - Kansas
Kansas revenues ran $45 million below projections in September, continuing a trend of shortfalls expected to cause more fiscal belt tightening. The latest announcement comes as Democrats are targeting Brownbacks policies one month ahead of the general election.
October 4 - Texas
State and local governments and showing a wide variety of impacts from the collapse of the oil market that began two years ago, ratings analysts say.
September 15 - Kansas
Kansas revenues continued to fall below forecast in August, running 2.3% or $10.2 million short of expectations.
September 2