Kansas Budget Crisis - Economy & Spending - Owen Donohoe

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Kansas’ Fiscal Year 2009 budget shortfall is $255 million

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Gov. Sebelius’ State Finance Council issued a $255 million certificate of indebtedness, without an assurance that the state would be able to repay the $255 million by June 30, 2008, as state statute requires. This brings the total of certificates of indebtedness to more than $750 million, a record for the state of Kansas. By law, this amount must be paid by the end of the fiscal year.

Kansas’ Fiscal Year 2010 budget shortfall is projected at: $1.1 billion

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Follow the legislative developments as Rep. Donohoe and his legislative colleagues tackle the tough job of carefully preparing a more fiscally sound state budget.

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Rep. Donohoe was one of just a handful of legislators who warned of the impending state budget crisis in 2007, during his first term. View his warning call.

View his 2007 report on Kansas’ dismal economic facts and call for Kansas to cut up the credit cards.

Rep. Donohoe represents the 39th District in Kansas, which includes Basehor, Bonner Springs, and portions of Leavenworth and western Shawnee.