Kansas is far off pace of Brownback's campaign goal for job growth

Kansas is far off pace from meeting Gov. Sam Brownback’s ambitious campaign goal of adding 25,000 private-sector jobs a year during his second term.

Brownback said on his campaign website that he would add “100,000 new jobs for the hardworking people of Kansas” over four years. The talking point was a centerpiece of Brownback’s 2014 re-election campaign, but two years into to the governor’s second term, the state is nowhere near that mark.

Kansas lost 2,300 private-sector jobs between January 2016 and January 2017, according to preliminary numbers from the Kansas Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which were released Friday. Those numbers are seasonally adjusted.

The previous year, Kansas gained about 14,700 private-sector jobs during the same period, according to the Kansas Department of Labor.

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