Kansas Progressives Concede AG Schmidt Argument Against Busted Foster Care System

Credit where it's due . . . This prog blog offers a rare bit of coverage of the otherwise boring Republican challenger and his apt criticism of a promise unfulfilled by the incumbent.

Here are the basics . . .

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly hadn’t kept pledges made during her 2018 campaign to resolve the state’s foster care crisis. Schmidt noted Kelly declared it her “moral obligation” to resolve shortcomings. Schmidt’s objections have roots in service gaps that vexed the Kansas Legislature as well as GOP Govs. Sam Brownback and Jeff Colyer, who preceded Kelly as governor.

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Governor's race: Schmidt denounces Kelly's approach to flaws in Kansas' foster care system - Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA - Republican governor candidate Derek Schmidt shared frustration Tuesday with pace of progress on longstanding challenges of caring for children brought into Kansas' privatized foster care system due to abuse or neglect. Schmidt, who serves as the state's attorney general, said Democratic Gov.