Gov. Sam Brownback completed work on a budget bill Saturday outlining expenditures of $13.8 billion by Kansas government in the coming fiscal year and inviting controversy by making dramatic cuts in public school funding and eliminating aid to the politically popular Kansas Arts Commission. The first-term Topeka Republican earned praise from a state employee labor union for rejecting a 2.5 percent surcharge on health insurance premiums.
COLUMBUS -- Thanks to certain U.S. senators from New York, Illinois and Arizona, the legislature from Ohio hasn't made many headlines this year. But that could start to change this week. Legislators return from their spring break on Tuesday, April 1, ready to consider a capital improvements budget and hoping to finish up work on a plan to re- regulate Ohio's electricity market and promote the use of alternative fuels.
JEFFERSON CITY -- Two Missouri battery plants would get $50 million in federal budget stabilization funds under a revised capital improvements bill approved yesterday afternoon by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill also contains $31.2 million for a new cancer center in Columbia, part of $107.7 million in university construction projects that were supposed to be funded earlier with money from the sale of student loans but under the new bill would be financed with federal funds. Many of the projects would benefit the University of Missouri System.
CHICAGO - After 100 days on the job, Gov. Pat Quinn knows the next three weeks could matter the most. That's how long Quinn has before the legislative session ends May 31 to convince lawmakers to tackle his packed agenda: overhauling ethics laws, passing a capital construction bill and approving a budget balanced by a 50 percent bump in the state income tax rate.
JEFFERSON CITY -- Two Missouri battery plants would get $50 million in federal budget stabilization funds under a revised capital improvements bill approved yesterday afternoon by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill also contains $31.2 million for a new cancer center in Columbia, part of $107.7 million in university construction projects that were supposed to be funded earlier with money from the sale of student loans but under the new bill would be financed with federal funds. Many of the projects would benefit the University of Missouri System.
Fromhold shares a laugh with Brian Sims, capital budget coordinator for the Senate Ways and Means Committee, on Wednesday. State Rep. Bill Fromhold, D-Vancouver, walks up the stairs to the Representative's House Chambers on Wednesday after he delivered the state's capital budget - one of the final acts of his four terms in the Washington Legislature. Fromhold is moving on to work with a nonprofit group that promotes advanced-placement math, science and English.
COLUMBUS -- Ohio lawmakers hope to overhaul state campaign finance laws, reform the civil justice system and adopt a modest capital budget bill with about $90 million for community projects -- all before Christmas. The General Assembly returned to Columbus on Tuesday for a "lame duck" session after a nearly six-month break.
The cheating game in the world of politics has evolved in recent years thanks to the Internet, 24-hour news stations and our changing values as a society. Just like "The Dating Game" turned into "Blind Date" and "8 is Enough" turned into "John and Kate plus 8," we want more and more details of the personal and sexual affairs of high ranking politicians. South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's teary-eyed apology after disappearing for almost a week and cheating on his wife was made all the more exciting and titillating since e-mails between him and his paramour surfaced just days. Both were allowed their quirks. Sanford was known for his long rambling stream of consciousness speeches he'd read from Milton Friedman's "The World is Flat" during State of the State speeches, and once brought ...
..., and once brought a pig to the state Capital to protest pork in a new budget bill. Kwame Kilpat...
By Sally Denton In the midst of a massive budget deficit -- and despite Gov. Bill Richardson's declared moratorium on all capital outlay projects not already "under contract" -- the state is proceeding with the so- called $200 million dollar "Supercomplex.
DAYTON -- State lawmakers are getting down to business this week, delving into tax reform, unveiling their top-priority bills, passing the capital budget bill and grappling with Ohio's $10 billion Medicaid program. Legislative leaders on Monday announced their priority bills for the twoyear session. The bills aim to address issues such as election reform, smallbusiness health-care plans and workers' compensation.
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