August 2024

Kansas traffic fatality adds intrigue to allegations of financial misconduct with COVID-19 grants

TOPEKA — A former Kansas Department of Commerce employee apparently found dead inside a wrecked vehicle purportedly wrote a statement to coincide with his death that accused state officials of awarding grants based on political considerations and asserted he was improperly accused of financial impropriety in handling of grants.The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported a vehicle registered to Jonathan Clayton, 42, of Peabody, was discovered Sunday in a ravine near U.S.

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