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Kansas to seek to provide extra benefits to jobless workers

by AP Political Writer
| August 27, 2020 1:27 PM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will apply to participate in a federal program that provides additional benefits to workers who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Laura Kelly said Thursday, less than two weeks after she questioned the program's legality and suggested it could be difficult to administer.

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