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UPDATED: Governor vetoes budget items restricting student walkouts, across-the-board cuts

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(Updated to clarify that the governor vetoed the Legislature's operations budget)

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly grudgingly signed the state spending plan approved by the Legislature, calling it a "bad budget that went through a bad process."

The Legislature approved a $10.7 billion state general fund budget for fiscal year 2027 that spends about $475 million more than the state takes in.

The state general fund portion of the budget is a reduction of about $186 million, or 1.7%, from the 2026 estimate.

The governor . . .

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