Kansas state Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, speaks in favor of proposals on COVID-19 and childhood vaccinations during a Senate committee meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The proposals are in a single bill that would make sure prescriptions for the anti-worm medication ivermectin are filled as COVID-19 treatments and make it easy for parents to claim religious exemptions from vaccine mandates for children enrolling in schools and day cares. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fellow Republican conservatives rallied Tuesday behind a Kansas physician-legislator who’s under investigation by the state medical board, advancing his measures to…
