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Statehouse Blend Kansas LIVE! At The Capitol

Susie Fagan
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KCUR 89.3
From left: Sam Zeff, Rep. Jim Ward, Rep. Don Hineman and Jim McLean.

Kansas lawmakers are back from spring break with nothing but big issues to deal with before the end of the session: taxes, budget and school finance. When will it all get done? Two panels of legislators sat down with us live in the Capitol to work through the issues as we head toward the end of this legislative session.

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Jim McLean is a political correspondent for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration based at KCUR with other public media stations across Kansas. You can email him at jim@kcur.org.
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