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Deal reached on Kan. state budget
By The Wichita Eagle
Published: 02/13/2009

KANSAS - Lawmakers cut deeper into most state services Thursday to reduce the current state budget by $325.6 million, including a $32.3 million cut to public schools. Less than half of the adjustments are spending cuts. The rest come from accounting changes and refinancing state bonds. The budget, a compromise worked out between the House and Senate leadership, passed 70-51 in the House and 27-11 in the Senate. It now goes to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

While most programs saw cuts, there were a few winners. In-home services for people with physical disabilities received an additional $2 million, and the Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education received $2.9 million more. Read more.

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