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Governor's Proposed Budget Changes With Stimulus Package

February 26, 2009

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is revising her proposed budget for the state's 2010 fiscal year because of the federal stimulus legislation.

Sebelius told reporters yesterday she'll present a revised budget to legislators by the end of the week. Fiscal 2010 begins July 1.

Legislative researchers project that if the state tries to carry forward with its current budget, it will end fiscal 2010 with a deficit of $654 million.

But that doesn't take into account any of the $1.7 billion in federal funds the state expects to receive from the stimulus package.

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The first installment of that package arrived yesterday. It was nearly $72 million in additional health care dollars.

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