(Updated to include comments from the governor, the House speaker, Senate majority leader, House minority leader and others; links to bill and final vote)
A day of wondering and waiting ended Saturday with the Kansas House breaking a stalemate over the budget, ending the last chance for forcing a vote on Medicaid expansion this year.
After two tries, the House passed the $18.4 billion budget 79-45, after a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans started breaking apart. Passage of theSSJ