Kansas House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, speaks with reporters Sunday, March 29, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Leaders of the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature agreed that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's statewide stay-at-home order is necessary to help check the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing it to take effect Monday as planned. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
March 29, 2020
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March 29, 2020 7:33 p.m.
Top Kansas lawmakers let governor's stay-at-home order stand
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature agreed Sunday that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's statewide stay-at-home order is necessary to help check the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing it to take effect Monday as planned.