The idea of giving sole discretion on how to spend up to $500 million of federal funds to just three people did not sit well with Gov. Laura Kelly.
For that, and other reasons, she vetoed Senate Bill 273 on Friday.
Good for her.
Kansas’s portion of the American Rescue Plan Act is more than $4.9 billion and is intended for Kansas and its counties and cities to address the continuing economic fallout from the pandemic.
