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Kansas legislators looking to change development process for state budget
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Kansas legislators want to change the way the state comes up with its budget.
A Special Committee on Budget Process and Development met on Thursday. Members of the House and Senate, including Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins, discussed how they would want to go about making the budget in the Legislature.
“I look at this as an opportunity to examine a process that is probably flawed and find opportunities to make it better. We need to spend more time diving into the budget process and figure out how to do it more effectively and efficiently. I’m very excited to find solutions that can help us better serve all Kansas taxpayers and look forward to our next meeting as a committee.”
A lack of sufficient review time was cited as the biggest factor motivating any changes.
“What we’re going to be looking at is possible systemic changes to how we actually craft a budget by the State Legislature and moving forward in an earlier fashion than what we have done in previous years or maybe even for decades,” Committee Chairman Rep. Troy Waymaster said during the meeting. “We are compressed by a very aggressive schedule and trying to analyze the, I believe, 78 budgets that we have with the state agencies and the Departments and trying to get that done within a course of five to six weeks.”
The budget is currently developed by the governor and state agencies, and then submitted to the Legislature. There’s a series of deadlines and hearings legislators can access throughout October and November, but they don’t truly see a draft until that submission in January.
“We’re going to be looking at what other states are doing in regards to the process as being created by the Legislature,” Rep. Waymaster continued. “This is not to say that we’re not going to adhere to what the governor may propose, what this does is it ask it lets us escalate the process in a quicker fashion so when we return in the beginning of January we can start the budget analysis on those smaller budgets.”
Rep. Waymaster released a statement after the meeting stating a bill would be introduced when the legislature returns in January 2025.
“The current budget process that we have in place has been utilized for decades and its time to look at a new way of generating our state budget. We took great strides today in identifying a budget process that better serves the taxpayers of the state of Kansas. As appropriators of the state finances, the legislature is going to introduce a budget bill in the onset of the legislative session in January of 2025, and begin the analytical process of how we can reduce spending and have a more concise budget process.”
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PROVO, Utah – BYU football suffered its first loss of the 2024 season over the weekend to the Kansas Jayhawks.
In their first visit to Provo, the Jayhawks won 17-13 to keep their bowl game hopes alive as they improved to a 4-6 record overall.
BYU football had four trips to the red zones, resulting in zero touchdowns and only six points.
Kansas CB Cobee Bryant trolled BYU football and their No. 6 ranking
After the game at LaVell Edwards Stadium, Kansas star cornerback Cobee Bryant turned to TikTok to share his thoughts on BYU with his 112,100 followers.
He posted a dance video to the song “Clock Dat” by FendiDa Rappa with the caption, “No way they was #6 in da country.”
Note: The video contains song lyrics that may not be suitable for all audiences; watch at your own discretion.
@cobeebryant2 theres no way bro😂 #fyp #viral #BTA #humbled ♬ Clock Dat (feat. Shamar Marco) – FendiDa Rappa & Shamar Marco
Bryant’s commentary was a common thread in the national narrative after BYU’s first trip up of the year.
Bryant finished the game with three tackles in the win. The senior cornerback is one of the top defensive backs in the Big 12.
Last year against BYU in Lawrence, Bryant had a forced fumble that he scooped and scored, plus an interception. He finishes his college career against BYU with a 2-0 record.
BYU will look to get back in the win column this week when it travels to Tempe to face nationally-ranked Arizona State. Bryant and Kansas welcome red-hot Colorado to Lawrence.
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After Arizona State’s win at Kansas State on Saturday, the Sun Devils found themselves ranked for the first time since 2021.
In Kenny Dillingham’s second year at the helm, ASU will be back in a bowl game for the first time since their Las Vegas Bowl loss three years ago.
Even though all but two of the former Pac-12 schools left the conference, current and former Pac-12 football teams will still be part of the existing bowl selection process for the 2024 and 2025 football seasons.
As Week 13 gets underway and with a showdown against BYU set for the Sun Devils on Saturday, here is where the Sun Devils are projected to end up during bowl season.
Predictions: What bowl game can Arizona State get invited to in 2024?
In a quick survey of five bowl predictions refreshed since Saturday, the Holiday Bowl was picked as a landing spot three times with the less illustrious Las Vegas Bowl matching with the Sun Devils twice.
ESPN’s Mark Schlabach: DirecTV Holiday Bowl vs. SMU — Snapdragon Stadium on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. MST on Fox.
ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura: SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl vs. Missouri– Allegiant Stadium on Dec. 27 at 8:30 p.m. MST on ESPN.
The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy: DirecTV Holiday Bowl vs. Clemson — Snapdragon Stadium on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. MST on Fox.
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm: SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl vs. Florida – Allegiant Stadium on Dec. 27 at 8:30 p.m. MST on ESPN.
247 Sports’ Brad Crawford: DirecTV Holiday Bowl vs. Clemson — Snapdragon Stadium on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. MST on Fox.
What’s left on Arizona State’s football schedule?
Arizona State sits at 8-2 with two games left this season.
The Sun Devils host No. 14 BYU on Saturday before closing the season in Tucson for the Territorial Cup against Arizona on Nov. 30.
ASU and BYU will kick off at 1:30 p.m. MST on Nov. 23. Listen to play-by-play coverage on 98.7 FM, the Arizona Sports app and ArizonaSports.com.
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