Legislative panel approves audit of COVID-relief grants

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Kansas State Capitol

A legislative committee on Tuesday agreed to move ahead with an audit of how the Kansas Department of Commerce evaluated applications for $100 million in COVID-relief funds.

The Legislative Post-Audit Committee also will examine the department's preemployment screening process after it was revealed that the late Jonathan Clayton was overseeing grant funds at the agency following a fraud conviction.

A third audit also will look at how a Prairie Village cybersecurity company spent a $3 million COVID grant to build a micro-modular edge data center in Great Bend.

The third audit seeks to understand how the . . .

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