Recommending Supreme Court justices: How nominating commission voted
Here is how the Supreme Court Nominating Commission voted on the three candidates recommended to Gov. Laura Kelly to appoint to the Kansas Supreme...
Screening panel recommends three district judges for Supreme Court
A panel that screens candidates for the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday recommended three district court judges to Gov. Laura Kelly to pick for...
Second lawsuit challenges new law aimed at ESG, DEI investing decisions
A second lawsuit has been filed seeking to stop a new state law that requires institutional investment advisers to make certain disclosures when recommending...
Judge blocks parts of law banning medical treatment for transgender children
A Douglas County judge on Friday blocked parts of a law that ban using puberty blockers and hormone therapy for treating transgender youth to...
Senator seeks legislative investigation of convicted financial executive
Republican state Sen. Stephen Owens of Hesston on Thursday urged the Kansas Legislature to investigate the actions of Brad Heppner, the disgraced former top...
Federal judicial nominees advance to full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced three nominees for the federal bench in Kansas to the full Senate for consideration.
A split committee signed...
Reorg of state nursing board – in state of ‘upheaval’ – complicating medical abortion...
The Legislature's move to overhaul the state nursing board is complicating a legal challenge to a state law prohibiting advanced practice registered nurses from...
Seven seek seat on Kansas Supreme Court; A look at who’s who
Seven candidates have applied to replace Martha Luckert on the Kansas Supreme Court in what might be the last time that the Supreme Court...
Senators quiz federal bench nominees about newspaper raid, tobacco settlement
U.S. Senators on Wednesday probed and prodded three nominees for the federal bench in Kansas, asking them about a range of topics including their...
Former Supreme Court justice passes away after battle with ALS
Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday after resigning from the high court last year when she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s...
