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Kansas governor seeks to use cash reserves to pay off debt

by AP Political Writer
| January 17, 2020 12:05 AM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly proposed Thursday that Kansas burn through more than half of its cash reserves to pay off some debt early while taking longer to close a long-term funding gap for the state pension system for teachers and government workers.

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