Billions of dollars for Medicaid expansion dangled in front of holdout states

By: - February 10, 2021 6:56 pm
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly pledges to veto any emergency management law passed by the 2021 Legislature that jeopardizes the state's response to COVID-19, while the Kansas Senate positions itself for a GOP-inspired veto override. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)for expansion of Medicaid with revenue drawn from legalizing medicinal marijuana. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly pledges to veto any emergency management law passed by the 2021 Legislature that jeopardizes the state’s response to COVID-19, while the Kansas Senate positions itself for a GOP-inspired veto override. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

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