Chief justice asks budget panel to spare judiciary from budget cuts

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Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert asked Senate budget writers on Monday to spare the courts from a 1.5% across-the-board budget cut for...

UPDATED: Battle over picking Kansas Supreme Court justices commences

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(Updated to correct the numbers of states with judicial elections) The first skirmish over how Supreme Court justices should be appointed in Kansas unfolded Tuesday...

Senate approves pronoun bill

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The Kansas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that prevents any school district employee from addressing a minor or student with a pronoun inconsistent...

UPDATED: House passes bill allowing child support from moment of conception

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The Kansas House on Wednesday  agreed on a bill holding fathers responsible for picking up the cost of child support from the moment of...

KBI director seeks money transfer fee to fight crime

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Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director Tony Mattivi wants to turn the tables on drug dealers with a tax on international money transfers that would...

Balloting results for Court of Appeals post

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The chief judge for the 11th Judicial District and the general counsel to the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court were the leaders...

Three appeals court candidates emerge from nominating commission

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A special screening commission has recommended three candidates for an appeals court seat that will come open with Judge Henry Green Jr.'s retirement on...

Appeals court presses solicitor general about DL gender marker changes

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The state's top appellate lawyer on Monday ran into a series of questions about how Kansas would have suffered irreparable harm by allowing transgender...

Kobach brings first case under state’s new anti-porn law

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Attorney General Kris Kobach has filed his first lawsuit accusing a foreign company of violating a new state law because it operates 13 websites...

Nineteen candidates seeking appeals court seat: Who are they?

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Gov. Laura Kelly’s office on Friday morning announced 19 applicants for a state appeals court seat that will come open with Judge Henry Green...