A Senate committee on Tuesday favorably passed out Gov. Laura Kelly's reappointment of Jon Rolph to the Kansas Board of Regents.
The panel voted 5-1 to recommend Rolph's nomination to the full Senate. He is now in his second term on the Board of Regents after first being appointed in 2019.
Initially, Republican state Sen. Beverly Gossage of Eudora proposed sending Rolph's nomination to the Senate floor without a recommendation after he was questioned last week about diversity, equity and inclusion on state university campuses.
Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes opposed the motion, saying the Wichita . . .
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