Why governors should not cozy up to lobbyists

So just weeks after being e-mailed Gov. Sam Brownback's budget draft, lobbyist and former chief of staff David Kensinger started working against part of the proposal - a tobacco tax increase. Kensinger wouldn't tell The Eagle's Bryan Lowry whether his early knowledge of the tax proposal played a role in his ability to secure the lobbying contract with Reynolds American.

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