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Kansas Governor Signs Controversial Welfare Bill into Law

By Jim McLean
Published April 17, 2015 at 2:52 PM CDT
Kansas Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore looks on as Governor Sam Brownback discusses a welfare reform measure that will take effect July 1. (Photo by Dave Ranney, KHI News Service)
Kansas Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore looks on as Governor Sam Brownback discusses a welfare reform measure that will take effect July 1. (Photo by Dave Ranney, KHI News Service)

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed a bill into law that makes several changes to the welfare system.  His administration calls it the most comprehensive welfare reform law in the nation.  As Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, Brownback signed the measure despite a wave criticism from those who say the law simply punishes low income residents for being poor.

For more in-depth reporting on this issue, check out this article on the KHI News Service website.

 
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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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