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So It Begins...

In her first week in Kansas' corner office, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly laid out her top priorities: ending litigation over school funding, expanding Medicaid coverage, addressing the crisis in the foster care system. Republican lawmakers are critical of her idea to free up the necessary cash by restructuring the state's pension debt. Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine gives his take on what that could mean for the 2019 legislative session. 

Statehouse Blend Kansas is a production of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW, and High Plains Public Radio. Subscribe in your podcast app. 

Nameless Dancers made the funky music used for the theme, which was found in Free Music Archive
 

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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