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Cuts at State Ag Department

Posted by: Mike Schrant December 8, 2009 in KNDY News Comments Off

State budget cuts have forced Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty to temporarily suspend inspections in hotels across the State of Kansas.

In a press conference yesterday Svaty said, the suspensions are a result of Governor Mark Parkinson’s cutting $303,000 from the Agriculture Department’s budget.

The Agency licenses 825 hotels, motels, lodges and bed and breakfast locations in Kansas.

Svaty, a former state representative from Ellsworth, said all the facilities currently licensed have been inspected, but future inspections will depend on whether the legislature can restore the funding.

Tagged with: Agriculture budget Ellsworth press Result

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