State submits request to exclude candy, soda from food-assistance purchases in error

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Last Friday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced she had vetoed a bill directing her administration to seek a waiver from the federal government to exclude candy and soda from purchases covered by federal food assistance benefits.

But two days earlier, her administration did the opposite, submitting a waiver request to the federal government, asking for permission to remove those type of snack foods from what's covered by food assistance.

The waiver obtained by the Sunflower State . . .

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