State Government

Kobach orders League of Women Voters to stop paying teenagers to register to vote

TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a cease-and-desist letter Friday to the League of Women Voters to stop violations of state and federal law by offering financial incentives to high school students who registered to vote. The issue surfaced after state Rep. Pat Proctor, a ...

Lawmaker suggests KBI could leave Topeka if city doesn’t help with HQ

Plans for a new Kansas Bureau of Investigation headquarters in downtown Topeka are moving forward, but a new question is emerging over who should help pay for the project. That has left at least one lawmaker suggesting they should consider other communities if the state’s capital city ...

Constitution Day program goes global with mock trial for third graders

TOPEKA — Twelve years ago, 90 third-grade students walked into District Judge Robert Wonnell’s courtroom on Constitution Day to watch a hearing about whether Goldilocks was guilty of trespassing. Wonnell put the last-minute mock trial together to teach Olathe’s Forest View Elementary ...