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Kansas state Sen. Ty Masterson, center, an Andover Republican, leads his chamber's negotiators in budget talks with the House, Thursday, May 1, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. To his left is Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, and to his right is Sen. Jim Denning, an Overland Park Republican. (AP Photo/John Milburn)

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Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, watches one of the chamber's electronic vote-tallying boards as members approve a school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Behind him to his left is Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican, and behind Merrick to his right, Olathe Republicans Lance Kinzer and Ron Ryckman Jr. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Members of the Kansas Senate discuss whether the chamber's rules allow a debate on a school funding plan before ultimately permitting the discussion to go forward, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. They are from left to right, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat; Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican; Sen. Tom Arpke, a Salina Republican, and Senate Vice President Jeff King, an Independence Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Democratic Kansas legislators confer during a break in negotiations between the House and Senate over school funding legislation, Saturday, April 5, 2014, in a hallway at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. They are, left to right, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka; Sen. Laura Kelly, of Topeka, and Rep. Jerry Henry, of Atchison. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Sen. Vicki Schmidt, a Topeka Republican, asks a question about a school funding plan during a meeting of GOP senators before a debate on the proposal, Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The plan is designed to satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court mandate to boost spending on aid to poor school districts. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, second from the left, makes a point while briefing Kansas House Republicans on a recent school funding decision, Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. To his left is Rep. Kyle Hoffman of Coldwater, and to his right, Deputy Attorney General Jeff Chanay and Rep. Shanti Gandhi of Topeka. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback addresses the work that was done to the statehouse during the dedication of the Kansas State Capital, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014 in Topeka, Kan. Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday formally saluted the revamped Kansas Statehouse, dedicating the building's renovation to what he called "the glory of God and the people of the great state of Kansas." (AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal, Chris Neal)

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** FILE ** Hallmark will close its plant in Topeka, Kan., as the popularity of e-cards, emails and Facebook have sharply cut into sales of traditional greeting cards. (Associated Press)