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Kansas state Rep. Larry Campbell, R-Olathe, follows the House's debate on a package that would boost spending on public schools and raise income taxes, Monday, June 5, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas House Majority Leader Don Hineman, R-Dighton, answers questions from reporters after the House adjourns for the day at the Statehouse, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. The House's GOP leaders canceled a debate on a bill that would have increased income taxes to raise more than $1 billion in new revenue over two years (AP Photo/John Hanna).

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers questions from the media Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state senators from left, Dinah Sykes, R-Lenexa; John Skubal, R-Overland Park, and Barbara Bollier, R-Mission Hills confer in a hallway outside the Senate chamber before their Republican leaders cancel a debate over budget-balancing proposals, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers a question from a reporter during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Republican governor is not ruling out a tax increase to help balance the state's budget, though he thinks it would be harmful with the state facing what he calls a rural recession (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley discusses economic issues with reporters before speaking to a banquet at Kansas Democrats' biggest annual convention, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna) ** FILE **

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Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks with reporters before addressing a banquet at Kansas Democrats' biggest annual convention, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna) ** FILE **

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Kansas state Rep. Larry Campbell, left, an Olathe Republican, confers with Mike Taylor, center, a lobbyist for the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kan., and Wyandotte County, and Eric Smith, right, lobbyist for the League of Kansas Municipalities, after a committee meeting on gun-rights legislation, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Jim Ward (left), Wichita Democrat, asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that supporters will say will protect religious freedoms, as Rep. Jan Pauls (right) Hutchinson Democrat, follows the proceedings on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Hundreds of Kansans participate in a pro-union rally on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, on the south steps of the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)