(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers Oct. 17, 2016)
Want to stump that candidate for the House or Senate who shows up on your doorstop while you’re trying to finish dinner in time for “Dancing with the Stars” or hustling to get the hopefully last-of-the-season lawn mowing done?
Might try asking that legislative hopeful one or two questions about labor law in Kansas.
Key, of course, is that Kansas is a state where employment is important for the general economy, and your town in particular.
Those questions? Try: “Where are you on ban the box and/or E-Verify?”
Ban the box is that campaign under way in several states—and which has been rejected by the Kansas Legislature—to ban that little check box on employment applications that asks “do you have a criminal record?”