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TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today issued the following statement regarding the updated Consensus Revenue Estimates (CRE):

“Had the Legislature not rushed out of session prior to today’s updated Consensus Revenue Estimates, it would have seen that there are indeed funds available to invest in our state workforce by instituting a 2.5% pay increase and to increase special education funding.

“I remain steadfast in the belief that it is unwise to craft and pass budgets without using all the information and tools at your disposal. While the CRE forecast is neither dire nor overwhelmingly positive, it still reflects the fundamental structural imbalance created by the Legislature’s budgets that has the potential to undo the hard work done to regain fiscal stability over the last eight years.”

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