Kansas on Wednesday July 01, 2009

KS: Kansas revenue shortfall hits $126 million
By The Associated Press, The Lawrence Journal-World
Kansas is ending the 2009 fiscal year with its tax collections $126 million below estimates.
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KS: New Kansas laws kick in today; how do they affect you?
By Kansas City Star staff, Kansas City Star
You can get wine delivered to your home, but you can't linger in the left lane of rural highways under state laws that take effect today. Many of the 144 bills signed into law after the 2009 legislative session become law today.
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Financial crisis torments states
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009)

California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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KS: Kansas agriculture secretary taking USDA job
By The Associated Press, The Lawrence Journal-World
Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky has been tapped to head the Farm Service Agency in Kansas for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a position he held during the Clinton administration.
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KS: State cuts DUI program's funds by 70%
By Jeannine Koranda, Wichita Eagle
State money to treat repeat drunken driving offenders has been cut by 70 percent, even as a new law calls for the program to expand.
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KS: Cuts may mean end to assistance
By Ray Segebrecht, The Topeka Capital-Journal
Christy Tatum moved four times in two months and is praying for a fifth move to a place she can really call home.
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KS: School officials dread state budget decisions as new fiscal year starts
By Scott Rothschild, The Lawrence Journal-World
Public school officials are dreading the start of the state's fiscal year like some students worry about the first day of school.
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WI: Milwaukee edges up in population
By Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When it comes to demographics, a small number can be a very big deal.
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