A bottle of hand sanitizer sits on the Kansas Senate sergeant at arms' desk in the back of the chamber, Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas legislators are pondering whether they should take their annual spring break early because of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
March 12, 2020
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March 12, 2020 6:54 p.m.
Coronavirus concerns disrupt work at US state capitols
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mounting concerns about the coronarvirus spread to state capitols across the country Thursday, as some lawmakers halted their sessions, shut out the public and scrambled to finish work on essential spending bills to keep government going.