Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday she would seek a meeting with legislative leaders in an effort to forge bipartisan agreement on a statewide policy on mask wearing, with COVID-19 cases continuing to increase across Kansas. Kelly said her administration is "considering all the avenues" available to them to require masks, although her options are limited after compromise legislation was passed in June allowing counties to opt out of statewide public health directives, including the mask mandate. While 15 counties have continued to require the practice, many parts of western Kansas that are seeing dramatic increases in their COVID-19 case counts don't...
