Legislature unanimously passes enhanced legal protections for child sex abuse victims
The Kansas Legislature has unanimously passed breakthrough legislation that extends more legal protections for victims of child sexual abuse.
The House passed a bill 120-0 Monday...
Bill removing mandatory jail time for not paying traffic tickets clears Senate
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill removing mandatory jail time for a first-time offense of driving with a license suspended or revoked for...
Supreme Court turns down review of Kansas redistricting case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal of the Kansas Supreme Court's decision upholding the state's new congressional districts.
The court refused...
State urges Supreme Court to preserve abortion clinic regulations
The longest-running abortion case in Kansas reached the state Supreme Court on Monday as the state argued for preserving abortion clinic regulations that were...
State urges Kansas Supreme Court to reverse landmark abortion ruling
The state of Kansas on Monday challenged the Kansas Supreme Court's 2019 landmark decision concluding that abortion is a protected state constitutional right while...
Election skeptic lawsuits pile up legal bills
From the outset, these election lawsuits never had much of a chance.
One was thrown out in state court in five minutes.
One was described by...
Biden renominates prosecutor for judgeship – but for a different post
President Joe Biden on Wednesday renominated federal prosecutor Jabari Wamble to the federal bench, although for an open seat on the district court in...
Wamble not resubmitted for court nomination, but still has White House support
Federal prosecutor Jabari Wamble didn't make the second round of judicial nominations that President Joe Biden resubmitted to the U.S. Senate for confirmation, although...
No ABA rating for Wamble: How could that affect court nomination?
As a federal prosecutor, Jabari Wamble has many attributes, but he lacks one credential that a U.S. senator described as "foundational" for evaluating judicial...
UPDATED: Senate confirms Pickering; governor’s office criticized
(Updated to include response from governor's office)
The Kansas Senate has confirmed Rachel Pickering for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals, making her...
