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November Total Tax Collections at $687.0 Million; 0.3% Below Estimate

Monday, December 1

TOPEKA, Kan. — The State of Kansas ends November 2025 with total tax collections at $687.0 million. That is $1.9 million, or 0.3%, below the estimate. Total tax collections were up 1.7% from November 2024. “November’s tax collections were nearly on target overall. While individual... Read More.

CHS Announces Plans to Return $120 million to Owners

Wednesday, September 10

Cash returns from patronage and equity distributions will support cooperative owners and rural communities. CHS Inc., the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, has announced it intends to return $120 million in cash patronage and equity redemptions to its owners in calendar year 2026. The planned distribution... Read More.

State of Kansas August Total Tax Collections at $692.3 Million; 3.9% Above Estimate

Thursday, September 4

TOPEKA, Kan. — The State of Kansas ends August 2025 with total tax collections at $692.3 million. That is $26.2 million, or 3.9%, above the estimate. Total tax collections were up 4.0% from August 2024. “This month’s stronger-than-expected tax collections highlight the strength of Kansas’... Read More.

Kansas School Districts Facing Over $11 Million in Medicaid Reimbursements

Friday, August 29

Seventy percent of Kansas' public school districts will have to repay some $11.2 million in overpayments from Medicaid. Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment Janet Stanek told a legislative budget committee Tuesday the payments amount to 4.4 percent of what was paid out in... Read More.

Kansas School Districts Facing Over $11 Million in Medicaid Reimbursements

Friday, August 29

Seventy percent of Kansas' public school districts will have to repay some $11.2 million in overpayments from Medicaid. Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment Janet Stanek told a legislative budget committee Tuesday the payments amount to 4.4 percent of what was paid out in... Read More.

Kansas School Districts Facing Over $11 Million in Medicaid Reimbursements

Friday, August 29

Seventy percent of Kansas' public school districts will have to repay some $11.2 million in overpayments from Medicaid. Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment Janet Stanek told a legislative budget committee Tuesday the payments amount to 4.4 percent of what was paid out in... Read More.

Kansas School Districts Facing Over $11 million in Medicaid Reimbursements

Friday, August 29

Seventy percent of Kansas' public school districts will have to repay some $11.2 million in overpayments from Medicaid. Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment Janet Stanek told a legislative budget committee Tuesday the payments amount to 4.4 percent of what was paid out in... Read More.

Kansas Legislators Despair About $60 Million Annual Cost of Contract Nurses at Psychiatric Hospitals

Tuesday, August 19

Larned, Osawatomie superintendents outline reasons to keep private contract labor TOPEKA, Kan. — The state of Kansas invests more than $60 million annually to hire contract nursing staff to work at state psychiatric hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie, but the financial boost hasn’t closed job... Read More.

KU Athletics Receives Historic $300 Million Gift From Longtime Donor and Alumnus David Booth

Wednesday, August 13

LAWRENCE, Kan. (Aug. 13, 2025) — Just days before the Kansas Jayhawks football season kickoff against Fresno State on Aug. 23, the University of Kansas announced an unprecedented gift from alumnus David G. Booth of Austin, Texas. The extraordinary gift, amounting to approximately $300 million,... Read More.

Paul and Linda DeBruce Provide $25 Million Gift for KU Gateway District

Wednesday, August 6

From KUAthletics.comLAWRENCE, Kan. (August 6, 2025)— The DeBruce name is well known across the University of Kansas. Jayhawks and sports fans from around the world have visited the DeBruce Center, housing Dr. James Naismith's original rules of basketball and countless others have benefited from... Read More.

Senator Marshall Announces $6.7 Million in Disaster Relief Aid from the Trump Admin

Tuesday, July 22

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) announced the Trump Administration is fulfilling his request for disaster relief aid following multiple rounds of severe weather and tornadoes this past May. President Trump personally called Senator Marshall to share that he was... Read More.

City of Lyons to Receive $7 Million Loan from KDHE for Wastewater Plant Improvements

Tuesday, July 22

LYONS, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has approved a $7 Million loan for the City of Lyons for Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements. That information came during Monday's City Council meeting where Thaniel Monaco from BG Consultants provided an update on... Read More.