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FILE--In this Thursday, March 7, 2019,file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions during a news conference on Medicaid expansion at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Kelly's expansion plan dilutes a &quot;poison pill&quot; that has been included in past proposals to end the expansion if the federal government backs off its promises to cover most of the cost. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

New Medicaid expansion plan in Kansas dilutes ‘poison pill’

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Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, watches an electronic vote-tally board as the Kansas House approves a GOP income tax relief bill, Friday, March 8, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill is designed to prevent individuals and businesses from paying more in state income taxes because of changes in federal tax laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas GOP leader compares tax plan to returning a billfold

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Kansas governor concedes pension proposal unlikely to pass

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, left, speaks with Sister Therese Bangert, who lobbies on social justice issues for the Sisters of Charity, before a seminar on the potential benefits of Medicaid expansion, Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly and other advocates are ramping up a campaign for Medicaid expansion to get past Republican legislative leaders' opposition. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas Medicaid expansion push hasn’t cracked GOP roadblock

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FILE - In this Feb 14, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ponders a question during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas lawmakers have hit the halfway point of their annual session and the GOP-dominated Legislature doesn't just appear to be slow-walking new Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's big initiatives. Despite Republican supermajorities, an income tax relief bill that GOP leaders consider an urgent priority hasn't cleared both chambers. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas governor meets unexpected resistance to schools plan

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FILE - In this Feb 14, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ponders a question during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas lawmakers have hit the halfway point of their annual session and the GOP-dominated Legislature doesn't just appear to be slow-walking new Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's big initiatives. Despite Republican supermajorities, an income tax relief bill that GOP leaders consider an urgent priority hasn't cleared both chambers. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

The Latest: Kansas governor’s schools plan clears hurdle

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United GOP in Kansas Senate blocks Kelly school funding plan

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Governor promises more openness in Kansas foster care system

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Gov. Kelly issues disaster declaration ahead of winter storm

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Partisan sniping follows passage of Kansas pensions measure

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly's election created a national buzz about a possible shift to the left in Kansas politics, but many Republicans remain unimpressed and feel little pressure to take up her big initiatives. The GOP-dominated Legislature has yet to have committee hearings on her plan to expand the state's Medicaid health coverage for the needy. It has ignored her call to approve an increase in public school funding by the end of this month. A key part of her budget already appears dead. Top Republicans are pursuing a tax relief bill she considers fiscally reckless. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

GOP resistance means new Kansas governor off to rocky start

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly's fellow Democrats are describing a tax relief plan moving through the Republican-controlled Legislature as a give-away to large corporations, and GOP leaders acknowledge that big businesses would benefit, by design. The state Senate planned to take a final vote Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, on a bill that is designed to prevent Kansas residents and businesses from paying higher state income taxes because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas Democrats attack GOP tax plan as corporate give-away

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In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The Democratic governor is urging the Republican-controlled Legislature to avoid considering tax relief legislation for at least a year, but GOP leaders are moving ahead with a bill. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Clash in Kansas over tax relief quickly coming to a head

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to a rally of retired teachers and government workers, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly is defending her proposal to lower the state's annual payments to its public pension system and the chart demonstrates the difference in payments under her plan compared with what's planned. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas governor tries to sell wary retirees on pensions plan

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In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. After the state collected less in taxes than anticipated in January, the Democratic governor is urging the Republican-controlled Legislature to be cautious about considering tax relief legislation. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas tax collections $49M short of expectations in January

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Republican lawmakers in Kansas have advanced tax relief and pension proposals that would thwart Democratic Gov. Kelly's plans for boosting spending on public schools, quickly setting up a test of whether she can build bipartisan coalitions in the GOP-dominated Legislature. A Senate committee Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, endorsed a bill designed to prevent Kansas residents and businesses from paying more income taxes to the state because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas GOP’s fiscal moves would thwart Democratic governor

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The Latest: Kelly aide: Kansas GOP tax bill ‘irresponsible’

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FILE -In this Jan. 16, 2019 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly gives her first State of the State address to lawmakers on the floor of the Kansas House in Topeka, Kan. Gov. Kelly released a plan Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, for expanding Medicaid in Kansas that revives a bipartisan proposal vetoed two years ago by a Republican predecessor. Kelly's legislation would extend state health coverage to another 150,000 adults, starting in January 2020. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

Kelly revives 2017 plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas

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Kansas governor creates advisory group to improve education

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