Kansas Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Her Covid Emergency Powers
Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have limited her authority to respond to the Covid-19 emergency.
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Kansas Voter ID Law Struck Down by 10th Circuit
Kansas failed Wednesday to resuscitate a proof-of-citizenship law that the 10th Circuit said “undisputedly has disenfranchised approximately 30,000 would-be Kansas voters.”
Read moreKansas Governor Resolves Covid-19 Suit With Churches
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and two churches who sued her for banning religious services of more than 10 people have struck a deal to halt the lawsuit, she announced Saturday evening.
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Kansas Supreme Court Rules Legislative Council Can’t Overturn Governor’s Religious Service Ban
In an expedited lawsuit brought by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, the Kansas Supreme Court heard oral arguments via video conference Saturday on whether state lawmakers had the authority to overturn an executive order barring religious services of more than 10 people amid the coronavirus epidemic.
Read moreKansas Governor Sues Lawmakers Who Revoked Limit on Church Gatherings
Kansas’ Democratic Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday she is suing a state legislative committee that overturned an executive order banning religious services of more than 10 people.
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Supreme Court Clarifies Police Power in Traffic Stops
The Supreme Court on Monday held it does not violate the Fourth Amendment for a police officer to pull over a car because it is registered to a person with a suspended license, so long as the officer does not have reason to believe someone other than the owner is driving the car.
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Kansas Justices Strike Down Electricity Rate Hikes on Green Energy Producers
TOPEKA, Kan. (CN) – Reversing a state appeals court, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that utilities cannot charge higher
Read moreHigh Court Upholds Strict Insanity Standard in Kansas
A man who killed his two teen daughters, as well their mom and great-grandmother, failed Monday in his Supreme Court challenge of the law in Kansas for insanity pleas.
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Top Court Green-Lights Kansas to Prosecute Aliens on ID Theft
In a 5-4 ruling along party lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Kansas laws that open undocumented workers to prosecution for using other people’s Social Security numbers on everything from tax documents to apartment leases.
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Kansas Anti-Abortion Amendment Fails in House Vote
A Republican-led effort in Kansas to get an anti-abortion amendment on a statewide ballot failed Friday, after a marathon voting session lasting six hours.
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Bid Unveiled in Kansas to Curtail Abortion Rights
Kansas lawmakers proposed a constitutional amendment Thursday that could potentially affect abortion rights, after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled last year that women have the right to an abortion under the state’s constitution.
Read moreKansas Governor Applauds Bipartisan Success in State Address
After a decade of turbulent financial troubles, Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly urged lawmakers in Topeka to continue the state’s economic upturn in her State of the State Address Wednesday evening.
Read moreKansas GOP, Democrats Make Deal to Expand Medicaid by 150,000
Kansas will likely expand Medicaid up to 150,000 additional residents, according to a deal struck Thursday between Republican state legislators and Democratic Governor Laura Kelly.
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Mike Pompeo Won’t Run for Senate in Kansas
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will not run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said Monday. Pompeo’s decision complicates Republicans’ chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red state as they battle to retain their slim Senate majority in November elections.
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The Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church sued the City of Lenexa, Kansas in federal court for prohibiting it from using its church as an overnight homeless shelter.
Read moreJustices Appear Split Over Police Power in Traffic Stops
The Supreme Court was sharply divided Monday as the justices considered whether a police officer can pull a car over based solely on the knowledge that it is registered to a person with a suspended license.
Read moreKansas Defends Identity-Theft Prosecution of Undocumented Aliens
A lawyer for Kansas faced an uphill battle Wednesday in defending identity-theft charges against undocumented workers who use other people’s Social Security numbers to gain employment.
Read moreDeath-Row Inmate Pushes High Court for Insanity Standard
As the Supreme Court opened its fall term Monday with a case about what it takes to plead insanity, Justice Stephen Breyer offered a hypothetical example of two criminals — one who believed a dog had told him to shoot another person, the other who shot another person because he believed that person was a dog.
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