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Regents’ nominee sails through confirmation hearing after first stalling

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Gov. Laura Kelly's nominee to the Kansas Board of Regents sailed through a confirmation hearing Monday after hitting a snag last summer during an interim hearing.

The Senate Education Committee sent Peter Johnston's nomination to the full Senate after he ran into tough questioning last summer from President Ty Masterson about “pretty disparaging remarks” the nominee made about another state university.

The committee didn't address any of those concerns, instead asking him about what he thought the regents could do about illiteracy, what changes need to be made at state universities, his priorities for efficiency in higher . . .

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