In a May 2016 column I looked in again on the drooping Sunflower State. Brownback, who can't run again in 2018 because of state term-limit laws, had become the least popular governor in America (a title he relinquished this year to New Jersey's Chris Christie). Under his "pro-growth" policies, Kansas had fallen to 41st in the nation in personal income growth, down from 12th a few years ago.