Kansas

Kansas legislative researchers have found eight surplus properties that could be sold for up to $2.2 million, a level that a proponent of the process said was disappointing.

Income tax cuts and the demise of a sales tax increase will leave Kansas with a $327 million revenue shortfall in fiscal 2014, the Revenue Estimating Conference said Tuesday.

Kansas October general fund revenues of $477 million were 7% less than expected, but Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said the drop was due to a calendar quirk.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last week endorsed legislation that would require local governments to lower their property tax rates automatically when assessed valuations increase.

The Kansas Board of Regents approved a plan to build two residence halls at the University of Kansas with $47.8 million of bonds.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback may ask to defer a sales tax rate drop because of revenue losses expected from an income tax cut he championed.

An invigorated private sector in Kansas created by recent state tax cuts will overcome a feared drop in state aid to local school districts, Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a panel to determine if school districts are concentrating their spending on classroom instruction.

Kansas general fund revenues in September beat expectations by almost 5%.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance is advancing plans to acquire Oklahoma-based Marian Health System, the parent of three regional not-for-profit healthcare organizations in the mid and central states.

Kansas will issue $5.4 million of bonds as part of a $17 million package to wrap up financing for a 10-year renovation effort at the State Capitol in Topeka.

The Kansas Department of Transportation reduced its commercial liquidity exposure with Tuesday's negotiated sale of $151.4 million of highway revenue refunding bonds.

Kansas will save $5.4 million by using part of its $466 million surplus from fiscal 2012 to make early payments on $24.7 million of state debt, Gov. Sam Brownback said Wednesday.

The Topeka, Kan. hotel tax will go to 7% from the current 6% in 2013 to finance $4.2 million of improvements to a soccer complex.

Shawnee County Unified School District No. 450, Kan., may ask voters in November for a $13 million general obligation bond package.

Kansas tax collections in May exceeded revenues in May 2011, but fell below the official monthly revenue forecast.

Reno County Unified School District 313 won approval last week for a $45 million bond proposal, breaking a string of three straight defeats.

Kansas’ population will continue to decline over the next 30 years in a process that began more than 100 years ago, according to a new study from Wichita State University.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last week signed a measure extending the state’s STAR sales tax revenue bond program through June 2017.

DALLAS — Testimony is expected to get under way Monday in a lawsuit by a consortium of 54 Kansas school districts seeking more state aid for education.