TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has trouble keeping road equipment operators from leaving for other, better-paying jobs so much so that supervisors worry about being able to cobble together crews to clear snow after blizzards and to fill potholes quickly.
For Department of Transportation leaders, the 100 percent annual turnover rate among entry-level equipment operators signals a problem that requires an immediate solution. For new Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, the staffing woes are a prime example of the worse-than-expected problems she says she found as she was preparing to take office last month.
Like many funding questions, its a Rorschach test, viewed as more or less important based on an officials overall philosophy of government.
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