Kansas Senate budget seeks to pry state funding from ‘wine and cheese crowd’

Kansas Senate narrowly adopts — 21-19 — a new state budget bill amid competing complaints the measure spends too much and too little.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 1,032

Last Updated: 6 days, 11 hours ago

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TOPEKA — Wichita Sen. Joe Claeys won support for a $1 million public transportation project in Sedgwick County by yanking $500,000 from the state’s creative arts commission and deleting $500,000 from grants to public broadcasting.

Claeys said the goal was to fill gaps in the transportation network that made it difficult for Kansans with disabilities to hold a job. The investment would be a step toward fulfilling a pledge the state made 15 years ago …

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