Just two days after taking office, Gov. Laura Kelly delivered a damning assessment of Kansas’s fiscal condition.
“Another recession will soon be upon us. It’s not a question of ‘if’. It’s a question of ‘when’ and ‘how bad,’” she told the Legislature in January 2019, adding that “Kansas finds itself now completely unprepared. We have no margin for error.”
Fears of a recession are growing in the United States amid the spread of the new coronavirus. As the number of cases mount, events have been cancelled, classes moved online and businesses are exploring ways for employees to work from home.
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