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My Fellow Kansans: Live Roundtable

(From left to right) Kansas News Service reporters Stephen Koranda and Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Washburn University political scientist Bob Beatty, and podcast host Jim McLean
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(From left to right) Kansas News Service reporters Stephen Koranda and Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Washburn University political scientist Bob Beatty, and podcast host Jim McLean

Kansas voters elected a new governor, Democrat Laura Kelly, who wants to promptly expand Medicaid eligibility, resolve a long-running lawsuit with more school funding, and address a crisis in the state's foster care system. But her ability to fulfill that agenda will depend on how willing a more conservative Legislature is to work with her.

Following an on-stage conversation with the governor-elect, My Fellow Kansans host Jim McLean was joined by Washburn University political scientist Bob Beatty and Kansas News Service reporters Stephen Koranda and Celia Llopis-Jepsen for a live panel discussion of the dynamics heading into the 2019 legislative session. 

Beatty, armed withinsights from a Fox News exit poll, said voters are looking for their elected officials to chart a center path. 

 

Heard on this episode: 

Jim McLean, podcast host @jmcleanks

Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service education reporter @Celia_LJ

Stephen Koranda, Kansas News Service statehouse reporter @kprkoranda

Bob Beatty, political science professor and chair, Washburn University 

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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.
Celia comes to the Kansas News Service after five years at the Topeka Capital-Journal. She brings in-depth experience covering schools and education policy in Kansas as well as news at the Statehouse. In the last year she has been diving into data reporting. At the Kansas News Service she will also be producing more radio, a medium she’s been yearning to return to since graduating from Columbia University with a master’s in journalism.
Stephen Koranda is the Statehouse Bureau Chief for Kansas Public Radio.
Bob Beatty