The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission will soon interview seven applicants, including three from Lawrence, to fill the vacancy on the high court created by Justice Marla Luckert's recent retirement. The commission will convene at 9 a.m. May 21, and the 30-minute interviews will begin ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires. Previous plans have violated the state constitution, per Kansas Supreme Court ...
TOPEKA — Kansas revenue forecasters expect income tax collections to fall below previous predictions for this year and next, complicating a budget outlook that shows the state plunging deep in the red for the next five years. A group of economists from two state agencies, the Kansas ...
Two Kansas political parties are merging in an effort to battle the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties, and a longtime Lawrence resident will serve as the new party’s leader. The fledgling Free State Party has merged with the more established United Kansas Party, and will ...
COLDWATER, Kansas — Former mayor of the town of Coldwater Joe Ceballos pleaded guilty Monday to three misdemeanor charges for voting without being a U.S. citizen. The twice-elected mayor of the small southern Kansas town made his way to national headlines after being charged with voter ...
Three people from Lawrence, including two Douglas County District Court judges, have submitted applications to become the next justice on the Kansas Supreme Court. Judge Amy Hanley, Judge Carl Folsom III and attorney Meryl Carver-Allmond, all of Lawrence, are among seven people who have ...