The Trump administration can carry out its fifth federal execution of the summer after the federal judge who earlier this week granted the inmate an injunction reconsidered such relief Friday.
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The State of Kansas asked a federal court Monday to set aside a U.S. Department of Interior decision that allows the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma to develop a casino in the Wichita suburb of Park City.
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Two Republican candidates who have tied themselves to President Donald Trump find themselves trailing establishment candidates in early returns from the Kansas primary.
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Two races to watch in the Kansas primary election happening Tuesday highlight the Republican Party’s desire to harness intense but limited enthusiasm for far-right fringe political personalities while nominating institutionalist candidates who are seen as more electable in November.
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Up for a seat on a federal court in the state, the solicitor general of Kansas defended his involvement Wednesday in cases taking conservative positions on funding for Planned Parenthood, voter ID laws and other contentious legal issues.
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Mere weeks before he faces voters in a hotly contested GOP primary, freshman Congressman Steve Watkins of Kansas faces three felony charges after a local newspaper discovered that he listed the location of a UPS Store as his home address on voter registration forms.
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A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper apologized Sunday for a cartoon posted on the paper’s Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by Nazis during the Holocaust.
Read moreA federal judge denied in part a motion for summary judgment from Wichita, Kansas, whose police officer shot a resident to death after a crank 911 call claiming there was a hostage in the house.
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Justice Clarence Thomas called out his colleagues Monday for turning down a case where threat convictions were overturned because they lacked an intent to intimidate.
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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 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 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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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’ 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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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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TOPEKA, Kan. (CN) – Reversing a state appeals court, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that utilities cannot charge higher
Read moreA 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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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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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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