TOPEKA — Republican legislators in Kansas are close to banning gender-affirming care for minors over the Democratic governor’s expected veto after winning over previously skeptical GOP colleagues, fueling fears that success will encourage further attempts to roll back transgender ...
TOPEKA — Transgender Kansans are challenging a district court’s ban on changing driver’s license gender markers as the courts try to determine the full scope of a divisive and vague law governing the state’s transgender residents. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, which ...
TOPEKA — State employees would no longer be able to so much as call transgender children by their chosen pronouns under a bill that would block transgender minors in the state from receiving gender-affirming care. The legislation is barreling toward the governor’s desk. Passed by the ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn't violating transgender residents' rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities. District Judge Teresa Watson kept in place indefinitely an order she first issued ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans have condemned a fundraiser Friday night where attendees paid to kick and beat an effigy of President Joe Biden, distancing themselves from extremists who have seized control of the party. The Biden-bashing antics were part of a Kansas GOP event in Johnson County, ...
The nonprofit entity that is working to attract start-up companies, corporations and researchers to KU’s West Campus has hired a new leader following the death of its previous CEO. The board of directors for KU Innovation Park has tapped Adam Courtney, the organization’s interim CEO, to ...