Kansas House advances new state budget amid concerns about spending

Kansas House is working on a new state government budget void of employee raises that might be too generous given annual state spending exceeds tax revenue.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 1,050

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — Kansas House fiscal hawks debated Wednesday whether the chamber’s budget bill did enough in the upcoming fiscal year to grapple with the reality of the state spending $500 million more annually than collected in tax revenue.

The GOP-led chamber rejected amendments proposed by Democrats to substantially raise state aid to K-12 special education programs and to earmark $2.5 million to pay cafeteria meals for 30,000 lower-income public school students.

In addition, a House …

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