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WEBSep 12, 2024 · BY: Ashley Murray - September 5, 2024. WASHINGTON — Exactly two months out from the presidential election, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to move ahead with the case accusing former President Donald Trump of subverting the 2020 presidential election results, telling Trump’s attorneys that she is …
Kansas Supreme Court issues full opinions on legislative, …
WEBJun 21, 2022 · TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court released full opinions Tuesday of decisions affirming constitutionality of new congressional and legislative district maps for use in the 2022 elections that concluded reliance on partisanship to gerrymander district boundaries wasn’t prohibited.
Kansas veterans and legislators wary of proposal to close VA …
WEBJun 29, 2022 · Noah Taborda started his journalism career in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Missouri, covering local government and producing an episode of the podcast Show Me The State while earning his bachelor’s degree in radio broadcasting at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Newly signed Kansas law transfers $1 billion to cover KPERS …
WEBMay 12, 2022 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed Thursday legislation transferring more than $1 billion from state coffers to cover historical underfunding of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System. Of the $1.125 billion drawn from the state general fund under Senate Bill 421, nearly $254 million will go …
Annual report shows increase in property crime, decrease in …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · An annual report on crime in Kansas shows property crime rising and a decline in violent crime, providing benchmarks that may guide law enforcement and community leaders.
Kansas Senate backs gradual elimination of sales tax on food by …
WEBApr 27, 2022 · The plan would take a year-by-year approach to scale down the food sales tax, dropping from 6.5% to 4% on Jan. 1, 2023, then 2% the following year and eliminating the tax altogether in 2025. While the vote was 39-0, Democrats argued the Legislature should eliminate the sales tax entirely or begin the reduction in July.
Thirteen-year quest for payment of child support exposes Kansas ...
WEBOct 20, 2021 · Katie Whisman, who has endured a 15-year struggle to secure child support payments for her daughter, delivered a searing indictment of the state’s privatized child-support system Tuesday to a special legislative committee wrangling with reality that $842 million owed the children of Kansas.
Kansas Supreme Court affirms death sentences for brothers in …
WEBJan 21, 2022 · TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court issued a pair of companion decisions Friday affirming death sentences of Jonathan and Reginald Carr for a series of brutal Wichita murders and concluding framers of the Kansas Constitution didn’t mean the inalienable right to life and liberty could never be forfeited.
New law helps drivers with suspended licenses get back on the road
WEBMay 14, 2021 · TOPEKA — A new law now in effect gives Kansans with suspended driver’s licenses a clearer avenue to get back on the road. Under the law, Kansans who are struggling to pay fines and fees can ask a Judge to reduce or waive the charges based on hardships. The law also removes a 90-day suspension or revocation period that drivers had to meet after satisfying the terms of the original suspension.