Tag: Derek Schmidt
Transparency of Supreme Court nominating panel questioned
This time, it was supposed to be different.
When a panel of five lawyers and four nonlawyers recently convened to recommend new justices to the...
Sunday Reader: Senate 7 dance; ‘Absolute warrior’ passes
Good morning everyone:
An extraordinarily slow week, maybe the slowest since we started this little venture about 18 months ago.
Frankly, most everything that happened last...
Sunday Reader: Coal plant purchase returns; Statehouse pay
Good morning everyone:
The Chiefs don't play until tonight, so you will have plenty of time to peruse this week's roundup of Kansas political news....
Sunday Reader: Pricey noncampaign; Kansas lawsuit culture
Good morning everyone:
It seems these days we're scrounging for stories, an unusual trend since we started this little news service back in February 2018....
Meier-Hummel named suicide prevention coordinator
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Tuesday named the former secretary of the Department for Children and Families as the new youth suicide prevention...
UPDATED: DCF answers attorney general’s food assistance inquiry
(Updated to reflect tweet from House majority leader)
The secretary of Kansas' child welfare agency had the authority to exempt work requirements for food assistance...
AG questions legality of food assistance directive
A plan by Gov. Laura Kelly's administration to extend food assistance benefits to adults without children who aren't working appears to violate state law,...
Kansas Supreme Court grapples with judicial appointment dispute
The Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday seemed puzzled about how to reconcile a dispute over whether Gov. Laura Kelly can still nominate a state...
Attorney general asks state Supreme Court to sort out judicial appointment
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Monday asked the Kansas Supreme Court to settle the dispute over whether Gov. Laura Kelly can still nominate...
Sunflower Sunday Reader: New lobbying numbers; Holscher’s mystery announcement; Sports wagering...
Happy Easter everyone:
Hope everyone is having a restful break before returning to the Capitol in a little more than a week.
Relatively speaking, it wasn't...
