The 2020 session of the Kansas Legislature is in the books.
Disputes between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican legislative leaders over her handling of efforts to check the spread of the virus dominated a session cut short by the pandemic and sparked protests at the Statehouse.
Republican efforts to rein in the governor’s emergency powers resulted in a rare special session that produced a compromise. It preserved Kelly’s authority to deal with the public health emergency but gave lawmakers more oversight over her actions and $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money.
