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Kansas Governor Calls For Tax Cuts And Changes In School Funding Mechanism

At his annual State of the State address on Wednesday night, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback advocated a plan to cut taxes for roughly 1.6 million Kansans

He also outlined a plan to change the way Kansas public schools are funded, and called for the Kansas Legislature to fix the Sunflower State's state employee pension plan.

Thursday on Up to Date, Steve Kraske talks with Kansas Public Radio statehouse bureau chief Stephen Koranda and Kansas State Representative Pat Colloton about the Governor's address, and outline what the state legislature might accomplish this term.

In the second portion of today's program,Blue Valley School District superintendent Tom Trigg and Kansas City, Kansas School District Cynthia Lane discuss how a possible reformulation of the state's education funding mechanism could affect their districts.

Stephen Steigman is director of Classical KC. You can email him at <a href="mailto:Stephen.Steigman@classicalkc.org">Stephen.Steigman@classicalkc.org</a>.
When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.