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Collected Item: “Kansas Politics During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

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Kansas Politics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Political Pamphlet delivered via mail.

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This pamphlet details both the COVID and non-COVID issues facing the state of Kansas during the global pandemic. Distributed in the spring of 2020 by the office of the Kansas State House Majority Leader, the updates highlight the steps taken by the Kansas legislature to ameliorate the virus's economic effects and includes a questionnaire attempting to gauge voters' opinions on legal marijuana, Medicaid expansion, the virus-induced state budget shortfall, and COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

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#kansas, #politics, #covid19legislation

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Office of Kansas State Representative Dan Hawkins, (R) District 100

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2020-05-10
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