Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, left, the state's emergency management director, confers with Tim Graham, right, a member of Gov. Laura Kelly's staff before a meeting of legislative leaders to review a statewide stay-at-home order, keeping a 6-foot space between them, Sunday, March 29, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Legislative leaders agreed that the order is necessary to check the spread of the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
March 29, 2020
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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.