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Introducing Statehouse Blend Kansas 2020

Daniel Caudill
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Kansas News Service

In this episode of Statehouse Blend Kansas, host Jim McLean looks at the legislative session. Lawmakers are already at odds on the hot-button issues of abortion and Medicaid expansion. Republican leaders are pushing for quick passage of an anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning are joining forces to break a nearly decade-long stalemate on expansion.

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 wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review.

The theme song, also known as "Warm Evening" by Nameless Dancers, was found in Free Music Archive

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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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