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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly $50 million in funding for COVID testing is still moving through the state's bidding system more than three weeks after Kansas legislators approved the spending, state officials say.

At the state Legislative Budget Committee meeting this past week, Sen. Carolyn McGinn expressed frustration that Wichita State University, which has completed necessary paperwork and has labs ready to process tests, doesn't have a go-ahead from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Marci Nielsen, a special advisor to Gov. Laura Kelly, told lawmakers that state regulations allo...