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Christian. Husband. Dad. Fighting for rural America as Administrator of the @USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service under the leadership of @POTUS Trump. 🇺🇸
Dec 3, 2022 19 tweets 6 min read
🧵Laura Kelly's Highway Patrol is in a shambles. It is easy for the #KSLeg to look at pay as the reason for low recruitment numbers, but the more likely and historically relevant reason is morale. Let's dive into this well-written article by Brad Cooper.👇 sunflowerstatejournal.com/khps-sworn-off… Pay was hiked on July 1 by this Legislature. In fact, in conference, I nearly doubled the increase. Starting pay at the KHP is now $27.61/hr. The Wichita PD is $25.31. Yet, the KHP had one of its most pathetic class sizes ever. Wichita PD was 10x the size: ksn.com/news/wpd-train…