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Statehouse Blend Kansas: School Funding Passed, Commerce Secretary Confirmed, We Are Adjourned

KCUR | By Jim McLean

Published April 6, 2019 at 10:34 PM CDT

Things got a little chippy during the final week of the regular legislative session, but Kansas lawmakers came away with a school funding plan and a permanent commerce secretary. On Statehouse Blend Kansas, Sec. David Toland talks with host Jim McLean about moving on to reinvigorating the state's economic development efforts.

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Jim McLean is an editor and reporter for KCUR 89.3. He is the managing director of KCUR's Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KCUR and other public media stations across Kansas.

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