Kansas state Sens/ Mike Thompson, R-Shawnee, left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Kellie Warren, right, R-Leawood, confer over proposed language for a bill dealing with state and local officials' power during a disease outbreak, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has approved a bill to ban all state and local mask mandates in future outbreaks(AP Photo/John Hanna)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks, advancing such a ban Wednesday…
