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Representative Jerry Henry (D-Atchison) speaking against the funding cut. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)A Kansas House committee has voted to eliminate around $30 million from the state’s colleges and universities. That amounts to a 4 percent across-the-board funding cut for fiscal year 2014. The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Jerry Henry from Atchison, said the cut would hurt job growth in Kansas and cause tuition increases.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7bcfc0000Republican Ward Cassidy, from St. Francis, suggested the reduction. Yesterday (MON), the committee had voted to cut around $15 million from the Board of Regents budget. Cassidy said today (TUE) that his proposal, while putting a larger reduction in place, will spread out the cuts more fairly. He said lawmakers may be able to restore funding later in the budget process.

Here's the latest Kansas and regional news from the Associated Press, compiled by KPR staff.

The jackpot is the world's second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

Q: The Number 1 wheat planted in Kansas for the fifth consecutive year is a variety developed by Kansas State University. What's the name of this variety? Here's a hint: this variety is so top-shelf, it shares a name with a famous mountai

The aid requests were trimmed back, but the Kansas governor and legislative leaders approved 66 percent of the requests.

(Flickr Photo by brick1083)In this week's college football BCS standings, Kansas State remains second. That means the Wildcats would play top-ranked Alabama for the national championship in Miami if the regular season ended today (MON). However, as Kansas Public Radio's Greg Echlin reports, there's concern in the Wildcat nation about quarterback Collin Klein heading into this week's game at TCU.

The retirement program is aimed at cutting costs.

Software company SAS is No. 1 again — in large part because "its perks are epic." Boston Consulting is No. 2 and Wegmans Food Markets comes in at No. 3.

"Manchild," the first single from Sabrina Carpenter's forthcoming album, Man's Best Friend, enters this week's Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1, making a late-breaking bid for "song of the summer" status in the process.

More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience.