As signs of sports betting rings involving student-athletes or coaches emerge at universities in Alabama and Iowa, a top gambling regulator in Kansas said he’s not aware of any such investigations taking place here. That doesn’t mean the worry hasn’t arrived yet. Randy Evans, ...
Story updated at 4:57 p.m. Friday, May 12: TOPEKA — Kansas' Democratic governor on Friday vetoed Republican legislation that would have provided a financial boost to anti-abortion pregnancy centers and prevented officials fighting outbreaks of contagious diseases from prohibiting public ...
Story updated at 6:19 p.m. Thursday, May 11: TOPEKA — Kansas' Democratic governor on Thursday scuttled a small legal settlement favored by top Republican officials between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus ...
Story updated at 5:38 p.m. Thursday, May 11: TOPEKA — A former Kansas lawmaker who was convicted of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief was sentenced Thursday to two years and three months in prison, according to online court records. An attorney for former ...
Story updated at 4:06 p.m. Thursday, May 11: The University of Kansas Law School has landed a top-50 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the first time in the school’s history. The KU school was ranked No. 40 among all law schools and was ranked No. 18 among law schools at public ...
MISSION — Kansas has lost a legal fight over one of the voting laws that its Republican-led Legislature passed in the wake of the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled Thursday that it was unconstitutional to make it a crime for groups to include voters' names, addresses ...