Kelly signs budget bill, with line-item vetoes

Illustration by Brittney Phan

Gov. Laura Kelly Friday afternoon signed – with 26 line-item vetoes – the Mega appropriations bill of the session, stretching from the current fiscal year to FY 2025. The line-item vetoes were relatively small-dollar actions, including eliminating $2 million for a State Treasurer program to help finance alternative-to-abortion health care. The budget bill, House Bill ...