The Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a section of state law that took away the court’s authority to appoint chief judges in the state’s 31 judicial districts in…
After serving more than 15 years in prison for the slaying of his teenage sister-in-law, a Kansas man was freed Tuesday because recent DNA testing pointed the finger at his…
All but one justice on the Kansas Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a state law on the selection of chief judges, though its “institutional power” and court funding…
Back when former Kansas attorney general Phill Kline was defending a legal ethics case over his handling of abortion-related matters, he sought and got the recusal of several justices on…
Days before his jury trial was set to begin on Monday over “storm the courthouse” remarks he made on Facebook about a controversial murder trial, a Kansas man has accepted…
A Kansas judge averted a potential court shutdown on Tuesday when he delayed enforcement of a controversial state law that cuts off court funding if judges strike down a law…
When Lance Franklin reportedly decked his defense lawyer in front of the jury and other witnesses during a Kansas rape trial last year, the judge refused to declare a…
A 22-year-old man charged with making a threat on Facebook to “storm the courthouse’” in connection with a controversial Kansas felony-murder trial says he made a “poor word choice”…
Concerned that Kyler Carriker would be convicted in a controversial Kansas felony-murder case, Samuel McCrory made a few postings on Facebook, officials say.
A Kansas lawyer accused of putting his law firm in another attorney’s name and having it pay his personal expenses instead of issuing him a paycheck pleaded guilty Tuesday to…
After an announcement early this year that Littler Mendelson is consolidating administrative functions in one central office, the 1,000-attorney labor and employment powerhouse has been hiring in Kansas…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill that cuts off funding for the state’s courts if they overturn a 2014 law on the selection of chief district judges.
Pending legislation in Kansas would eliminate funding for the judicial branch if the courts overturn a 2014 law requiring that chief judges in the district courts be selected by their…
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