Judicial branch proposes adding judges for first time since ’08
Chief Justice Marla Luckert is asking the Legislature to approve 13 new district court judges and 10 district magistrate judges as well as support...
Screening panel recommends three judicial candidates
A Shawnee County judge, an appellate defender and a federal law clerk were nominated for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals.
A special...
Eight seek appeals court seat
Eight candidates have applied to replace Appeals Court Judge Michael Buser, who will be retiring from the bench at the end of January after...
Kansas prevails in blocking contractor vaccine mandate
Kansas and six other states prevailed in their effort to get a federal judge in Georgia to block a federal vaccine mandate for federal...
Court denies Schmidt’s request to delay abortion case
The Kansas Supreme Court has denied Attorney General Derek Schmidt's request to delay revisiting its landmark ruling that found the right to an abortion is...
Kansas asks SCOTUS to uphold ‘ag-gag’ law
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a state law that critics said criminalizes...
Is Supreme Court being asked to oversee judge’s ‘bedroom?’
The Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday wrestled with how far it should go to police the private lives of judges and to what moral...
Retired magistrate faces discipline for swinger site photos
A former Russell County magistrate faces discipline this week for sharing nude photos of himself on a website that's described as an online community...
Schmidt seeks delay in appeal of landmark abortion case
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the state Supreme Court to put off all proceedings in his appeal of the court's landmark ruling...
State urges Supreme Court not to hear election law appeal
Lawyers for the state are urging the Kansas Supreme Court not to consider the legal dispute over a new election law that critics say...
