Kansas legislators are poised to give their leaders the final say over how Kansas spends federal coronavirus relief funds.
Some also pushed Tuesday to set aside nearly $2 billion of that money for small businesses. The Senate is expected to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a provision in budget legislation leaving to lawmakers the final decisions on spending $4.8 billion in federal funds.
The House voted 86-38 on Monday to overturn the veto. The Senate also is considering a bill to set aside nearly $1 billion of the state's COVID-19 relief funds another $1 billion earmarked for cities and counties to compensating small businesses.