76th District Representative Eri Smith of Burlington is not pleased with how the Kansas Department of Labor has handled certain aspects of the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of KVOE s legislative session previews on the Morning Show this week, Smith graded the state s response to the personal impact as a C at best in part due to ongoing issues in the Labor Department.
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Smith believes the antiquated equipment mentioned by Labor Department officials for most of last year can be replaced, but other improvements like more staffing are also needed.
Smith also says there is no happy answer for moving through and out of the coronavirus pandemic, so the goal should be to minimize the impact. He credited emergency management officials for working through the pandemic, given the fact the Kansas Emergency Management Act did not account for pandemic response when COVID-19 came to Kansas last year.