Redistricting’s fallout for Supreme Court screening panel
A new set of congressional districts is raising questions over the membership of the panel that screens applicants for the Kansas Supreme Court.
When the...
Senate president introduces judicial election bill
The battle over picking justices for the Kansas Supreme Court took a new turn Tuesday when Senate President Ty Masterson introduced a proposed constitutional...
High court accepts ethics findings against former magistrate
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday accepted a judicial ethics panel's findings that a former Russell County magistrate violated the conduct code for judges...
Coble named to Kansas appeals court
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named Salina lawyer Angela Coble to the Kansas Court of Appeals to replace retiring Judge Michael Buser.
Coble is the...
UPDATED: Balloting results for Court of Appeals post
(Updated to correct that Hodgkinson was recommended to the governor, not Keller)
Salina federal law clerk Angela Coble was among the leaders in all three...
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...
