A Legislative panel voted Wednesday to approve the appointment of a former railway executive, a former state senator and an educator to the Kansas Board of Regents.
Legislators previously expressed concerns tied to the appointments by Governor Laura Kelly last month.
The vote by the Senate Oversight Committee means former president and CEO of BNSF Railway Carl Ice, education consulting firm leader and former school superintendent Cynthia Lane and former Republican state senator and lawyer Wint Winter can serve until their appointment is confirmed by the full Senate.
