Despite a recommendation from the state’s top health officer that it cancel, the Kansas State Fair Board on Tuesday voted to proceed with the 10-day state fair in September. The 8-to-5 vote came about 4:14, after about a 35-minute discussion. The board heard from Secretary of Health Lee Norman early in the meeting but then went into executive session for nearly an hour for continuing discussion on changing the Fair Foundation.
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