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Kobach backs bill forcing governor to turn over food-assistance data

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Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged Kansas lawmakers to pass a law that would force Gov. Laura Kelly's administration to supply food-assistance information sought by the federal government.

Kobach testified on behalf of a bill requiring the state's social services secretary to respond fully to any written request for information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food-assistance program.

The USDA is demanding that Kansas and other states provide records identifying applicants or recipients of food assistance such as names . . .

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