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“’If we determine that SB 7 (senate bill 7, the block grant legislation) really doesn’t do anything more than carry forward the constitutional infirmaries that were already found, are you saying that we should allow an unconstitutional statue to continue for a couple of years to let people work on it?’ Justice Dan Biles asked the attorney for the state… “Several justices questioned whether the state, has indeed, tried to fix the constitutional issues. Justice Eric Rosen suggested the state essentially says what the court wants to hear and then doesn’t deliver on the promises… Read more/listen here: http://kcur.org/post/block-grants-are-front-and-center-kansas-supreme-court-school-funding-hearing#stream/0...

“Gov. Sam Brownback will pull money from the state’s highway fund and other sources after state economists projected a $118 million budget shortfall Friday. “Even after those adjustments, the state is projected to have a cash balance of $5.6 million at the end of June and to face a shortfall of $175.6 million for 2017, the economists said. “Asked whether the state is in the red, Budget Director Shawn Sullivan replied: ‘Depends on what you look at. We’re basically at zero right now, so yes.’” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article43476609.html...