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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Kansas-governor-pushes-for-highway-plan-Medicaid-14978802.php\nKansas governor pushes for highway plan, Medicaid expansion\nJohn Hanna, Ap Political Writer\nUpdated 9:55 pm EST, Wednesday, January 15, 2020\nLawmakers recognize dignitaries in the gallery before Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Topeka, Kan.\nPhoto: Charlie Riedel, AP\nTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday called for a new program to improve the state's roads and bridges, urged state lawmakers to approve a bipartisan Medicaid expansion plan and warned she is likely to veto the income tax cuts that Republicans are pursuing.\nThe Democratic governor provided the outlines of her agenda for the GOP-controlled Legislature's annual 90-day session during her State of the State address. But her second address since taking office a year ago was often a look back on her first year in office and a Republican predecessor's tax-cutting experiment that was followed by persistent budget woes.\nKelly promised her own tax cuts but signaled they would be modest initiatives to ease the burden of the state's sales tax on groceries for low-income families and to provide state aid to cities and counties in hopes that they'll decrease their property taxes. She also emphasized her support for a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico approved by the U.S. House, and she urged the U.S. Senate to pass it.\nKelly spent much of her speech arguing that Kansas is starting to recover from nationally notorious income-tax cuts championed by former GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. Legislators reversed most of the cuts in 2017 and Kelly won the 2018 governor's race largely by campaigning against Brownback's policies.\n“We have so many reasons to be hopeful tonight,” Kelly said. “But make no mistake: One year of progress cannot erase a decade of damage.”\nKelly's administration plans to release details Thursday morning of her proposed state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The current state budget is $18.4 billion.\nHouse Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a Kansas City-area Republican, said in a GOP's response that Kelly is determined to grow state government.\n“No difference in our visions is more stark than this one,” Ryckman said. “She wants to grow spending and hopes that will grow the state.”\nYet, even as Kelly argued that the state had recovered from being “on life support,” she acknowledged that that the key agriculture and the aviation sectors of the state's economy remain “incredibly fragile.”\nKelly gave her speech less than a week after aircraft parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems announced 2,800 layoffs in Kansas, or 20% of its state workforce, mostly in Wichita. The layoffs followed Boeing's suspension of production of its troubled 737 Max aircraft.\nSenate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, said what the state needs is for the federal government to determine how to get the 737 Max back in production.\n“We need to get these people back employed,” Wagle said, adding that she is hoping \"to have it solved” before unemployment benefits run out.\nLawmakers opened their sessionMonday with a bipartisan plan waiting for them to expand the state's Medicaid health coverage for up to 150,000 additional people. Kelly reached agreement last week with Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, another Kansas City-area Republican.\nDenning and other GOP leaders blocked an expansion plan that Kelly favored last year, citing concerns about its potential costs and how it would be administered.\n“We are so close,” Kelly said. “Let's get this done.”\nDenning's deal with Kelly is expected to clear the way for Kansas to become the 37th state to expand Medicaid. Wagle acknowledged as much during a post-speech news conference.\nBut Wagle, an expansion opponent, said some Republicans want to include a work requirement and language to ensure that public funds can't cover abortions. Some Republicans still worry about the long-term costs to the state, even though the federal government is set to cover 90%.\nKelly's call for a new transportation program came with the state winding down projects promised under a 10-year plan started in 2009, financed with bonds, vehicle registration, gasoline tax and sales tax revenues. The program was supposed to be worth $8 billion, but lawmakers siphoned off $2 billion to plug holes elsewhere in the budget.\nTransportation Secretary Julie Lorenz and her staff have held months of community meetings and identified $18 billion in infrastructure needs.\n“It's time for us to develop a new, comprehensive transportation plan so that we can rebuild roads and bridges across our state,” Kelly said.\nThe governor added what she called a “critical” condition: “stable state revenues.”\nRep. Sean Tarwater, a Kansas City-area Republican who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, was skeptical of starting a new transportation program.\n“With Medicaid expansion on the horizon, I'm not sure we can afford it,” Tarwater said.\nThe Democratic governor and Republican leaders already were headed for another confrontation over income tax cuts after she vetoed two GOP tax bills last year. GOP leaders want to cut taxes for individuals and businesses now paying more in income taxes to the state because of changes in the federal tax code at the end of 2017 championed by President Donald Trump.\n“We believe that's what's helped grow the economy across the nation,\" Wagle said.\nKelly promised to veto “any tax bill” that “throws our state back into fiscal crisis.” She had argued that last year's GOP tax bills would “decimate” state government.\n“We simply cannot go back,” she said.\nKelly, an abortion rights supporter, didn't mention an issue of prime importance to many Republicans: Overturning a Kansas Supreme Court decision last year protecting abortion rights. They're pursuing an amendment to the state constitution to allow lawmakers to regulate abortion as they have in the past, with a raft of restrictions before Kelly took office.\nFollow John Hanna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apjdhanna"

ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.wsj.com/articles/celadon-reaches-new-credit-deal-with-lenders-1499111468\nWSJ Logistics Report\nCeladon Reaches New Credit Deal With Lenders\nTrucking company wins breathing room to pursue broader refinancing plan\nCeladon said it expects to defer release of financial results this year until an audit of transactions involving equipment purchases is completed. Photo: Bloomberg News\nBiographyJennifer Smith\n@jensmithWSJ\nJennifer.Smith@wsj.com\nJuly 3, 2017 3:51 pm ET\nCeladon Group Inc. said it has struck an amended credit agreement with lenders led by Bank of America Corp., BAC 0.10% giving the debt-laden trucking company breathing room to pursue a broader refinancing plan to boost liquidity.\nThe Indianapolis-based trucker, one of the largest in the U.S. specializing in long-haul freight transport, said in a statement that it expects to defer release of financial results this year until an audit of transactions involving equipment purchases is completed.\nCeladon said in May that it expected to post a $10 million operating loss for the quarter ending March 31, 2017, and that financial statements covering more than a year of its financial operations couldn't be relied on, after its auditor withdrew its reports for those periods. Celadon hired Stephens Inc., an investment bank and private-equity firm, as an adviser and launched a review by the company’s audit committee.\nThe company also could also face a pretax $62.4 million noncash impairment charge as the result of its annual review of intangible assets, according to the statement.\nRepresentatives for Celadon and Bank of America didn’t immediately to respond to requests for comment.\nShares in Celadon, which peaked at $26.75 a share in March 2015, closed down 5 cents, or 1.6%, at $3.10 a share in trading Monday.\nCeladon Chief Executive Paul Will said in the new notice that key operating metrics such as revenue per truck per day were “trending upward” and that “by focusing on the right business mix, the right capital structure, and the right operating principles, we will establish a sustainable and successful path forward for Celadon.”\nCeladon’s financial troubles follow a sizable bet the company made on its truck-leasing arm, an investment that appears to have soured as used-truck values fell. The company has attributed the expected $10 million operating loss to tepid demand in the carrier’s truckload sector.\nIn recent months, the company’s finances have been under scrutiny over a joint venture that closed in December involving its leasing division.\nCeladon has been negotiating with lenders over a new $225 million asset-based revolving credit facility that the company at one point said was expected to close by June 30.\nThe term sheet for the proposed new credit facility “remains under consideration, though the size, collateral and terms” could differ, the company said.\nThe amendment to Celadon’s existing agreement with the banks bumps its credit limit up by about $26 million, from $200 million, according to the statement. It also pushes off testing of certain loan covenants until Sept. 30.\nWrite to Jennifer Smith at jennifer.smith@wsj.com\nCopyright ©2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8\nShow Conversation Hide Conversation (2)\nTrump Administration Plans to Expand Travel Restrictions to Seven Countries\nU.N. Calls for Probe in Alleged Hacking of Bezos’ Phone by Account Tied to Crown Prince\nDemocrats Prepare to Make Opening Case for Impeachment in Senate Trial\nAfter Marathon Session, Senate Passes Trump Impeachment Trial Rules\nMoney Managers, Lured by Rich Returns, Venture Into Risky World of Trade Finance\nBoeing Pushes Back Expected MAX Return\nJohns Hopkins University Reimagines the M.B.A.\nBezos’ Phone Was Likely Hacked by Chat Account Linked to Saudi Prince, Audit Finds\nCopyright © 2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved"