Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, watches an electronic vote-tallying board as the chamber approves a plan for improving the state's highway system, Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature want to approve a transportation bill before lawmakers take an early and long spring break because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
March 16, 2020
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Kansas lawmakers rush to finish budget, transportation plan
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators rushed Monday to draft a plan for funding state government after June, launch a new state transportation program and wrap up a few other loose ends so they could take an early and longer-than-usual spring break in response to the coronavirus pandemic.