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GOP plan would keep Kansas governor from closing businesses

by AP Political Writer
| May 20, 2020 5:03 PM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas pushed Wednesday to greatly limit Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's power to keep businesses closed during the coronavirus pandemic and give the GOP-controlled Legislature's leaders the final say over how federal coronavirus relief funds are spent.

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