From the Lawrence Journal-World: New Kansas House speaker getting good marks for collaborative style

In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, file photo, Representative Ron Ryckman (R-Olathe) is sworn in as Speaker of the House by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss, in Topeka, Kan. Rickman's wife Kim is holding the bible. The Kansas House’s new speaker is receiving bipartisan praise in his first weeks in the job for what fellow lawmakers said is a collaborative style. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)“He’s one of the smartest guys in this Legislature,” said Rep. John Carmichael, a liberal Wichita Democrat. “He’s a fair man.”

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