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Kansas Lawmakers Must Finish This Week To Avoid Overtime

Kansas legislators must wrap up their business for the year within a week to avoid having their annual 90-day session go into overtime.

Lawmakers are returning to the Statehouse today without yet having drafted a plan for raising taxes to close a budget shortfall and with a full plate of other issues.

It's 85th day of their annual session. Legislative leaders schedule 90-day sessions each year, though the state constitution doesn't limit the length in odd-numbered years.

The 90th day of the session would be Saturday.

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