CONWAY — Kennett High School students were able to question U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas on a variety of topics Monday morning, including COVID-19, gun bills and the minimum wage.Â
Pappas (D-Manchester), now in his second term, participated in a Zoom meeting from Washington, D.C. In the past, he has visited Kathleen Murdough's AP U.S. government classes at Kennett in person to take questions from the students.
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