Budget Reconcilers to Meet

Legislative negotiators will meet this week to work out the differences between the state budget measures for fiscal 2009 passed by the Kansas House and Senate.

The Senate gave first-round approval last week to a $6.35 billion state operating budget, $40 million less than the one adopted earlier by the House. Both measures allocate more money than the state expects to receive in revenue.

Both versions eliminate the $81 million in new revenue from expanded gambling operations contained in the $6.4 billion budget proposed in January by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

The final budget for fiscal 2009 is to be adopted at the Legislature’s wrap-up session that begins April 30.

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