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…
Kansas has become the first state in the nation to enact an abortion law that bans a common second-trimester procedure that abortion opponents call “dismemberment abortion.”
A new law that will allow Kansas residents age 21 and over to carry concealed firearms without first getting a permit was signed into law Thursday by the state governor.
In a first for the U.S. Army, the commandant of the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military prison where Chelsea Manning is being held has approved female hormone treatment.
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