Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
Governor's Budget Includes Disaster Relief Funds
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing that Kansas create a special fund to help cover the costs of recovering from natural disasters.
The measure is part of the budget Brownback has outlined for the fiscal year beginning July 1. He wants the state to set aside $12 million for disaster relief. The money would come from taxes that insurance companies already pay on the value of the premiums they charge in Kansas. The state expects to collect $139 million in premium taxes during the next fiscal year. Brownback's budget notes that Kansas incurred nearly $109 million in costs from winter storms, flooding and tornadoes over the past five years. That figure doesn't include either federal or local governments' expenses.
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Services set for Seneca girl killed in ATV accident
Arrest made in fatal shooting of Seneca priest
Murder charge filed in death of Seneca priest
7 injured in two-vehicle Jackson Co crash
Details released on fatal Nemaha Co ATV crash
Trailer thief going to prison following Atchison Co trial
Nebraska man arrested following Jackson Co pursuit
Buildings collapse in downtown Pawnee City
Child porn charges added for accused Atchison rapist
Saturday AM fire displaces Atchison family
Local motorists alerted to U.S. 59 & U.S. 36 work
Sabetha Hospital CEO to step down
Atchison City Hall restores service after storm
Update: Atchison Co cyber incident affects still felt
City of Leavenworth suing CoreCivic
Bomb threat called into Tarkio MO Hy-Vee
Doniphan Co Commission approves zoning change
Commission approves revised burn ban resolution
LATEST STORIES
Barricaded man arrested in Soldier
Pawnee Co Board approves K-9 Unit for Sheriff's Dept
Services set for slain Seneca priest
Atchison, Effingham, plan Easter fun
Atchison Co sets annual cleanup for April
Vehicle fires start Atchison Co Sheriff's probe
Overflow crowd listens to Falls City Council discuss line crew situation
Atchison's Funk earns semifinalist as Teacher of the Year
Hiawatha, Ks 66434