Kansas Legislature narrowly passes unbalanced budget, ending 2016 session

LJWorld.com: TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers worked into the wee hours of the morning Monday to end the 2016 session after passing a $6.3 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a budget that is roughly $22 million out of balance.

That’s because current revenue forecasts show the state will not receive enough tax revenue to pay for all the spending in the bill, and lawmakers did not raise any new revenue to cover the shortfall.

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