The day in photos, April 1, 2011

photo by: John Hanna | Associated Press

Gov. Brownback urges House Republicans to pass a proposed state budget Wednesday, March 30, 2011, during a GOP caucus at the Statehouse.

photo by: John Hanna | Associated Press

Kansas state Rep. Anthony Brown, right, Eudora Republican, confers with House Speaker Mike O'Neal, right, Hutchinson Republican, at the start of the House's debate on a proposed state budget Thursday, March 31, 2011, at the Statehouse in Topeka.

photo by: Susan Montoya Bryan | AP file photo

A police officer blocks the entrance to Bio Care Southwest in Albuquerque, N.M., where police arrested Bio Care owner Paul Montano on three counts of fraud March 31, 2010. Authorities announced Thursday, March 31, 2011, they will not file charges in this investigation that began a year ago with the grisly discovery that an Albuquerque company had sent seven heads, a torso and several limbs to a Kansas medical waste facility.

photo by: Alice Brewer | Special to the Journal-World

Granite covers the road at the intersection of 23rd and Iowa streets, Thursday, March 31, 2011. A granite slab fell off a truck and shattered early Thursday afternoon, forcing cleanup crews to shut down parts of the intersection while they cleared a few thousand pounds of rock off the roads.

photo by: Nick Krug

Libby Johnson of Lawrence tosses a spray bottle of glass cleaner to Michael Wade Smith as the two work to wash the windows of Kendall Simmons' Lawrence home Thursday, March 31, 2011. These two Kansas University seniors, along with many other KU students, spent the morning and afternoon doing odd jobs as part of The Big Event, a volunteer opportunity organized by KU Student Senate.