Governor allows bill giving Legislature hand in filling U.S. Senate openings to become law

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Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday agreed to let a bill become law without her signature that would give the Kansas Legislature a voice in picking vacancies for the U.S. Senate.

The governor said the bill creates a "messy" process for filling the vacancies and called it a "partisan power grab" by the Legislature.

The House and Senate agreed on a bill giving the Legislature the power to help pick not only a replacement for the Senate but . . .

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