Gov. Laura Kelly selects new secretary for Kansas Department of Labor
The floundering Kansas Department of Labor is set to finally have permanent leadership, with Gov. Laura Kelly announcing she will tap Amber Shultz, a top official in Lawrence city government, to right the ship at an agency under fire amid a historic volume of unemployment claims. The move comes as tensions over the agency's performance have reached a boiling point, with KDOL spokesperson Gerald Grasso confirming "credible threats of acts of violence against the agency itself, staff members and our families." Top agency staff will pause on-camera broadcast interviews, Grasso said, after one ...
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