State and Region

Kansas Court of Appeals upholds Lawrence’s housing nondiscrimination ordinance

The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a Douglas County District Court decision declaring a Lawrence housing nondiscrimination ordinance constitutional. A three-judge panel heard the appeal from Landlords of Lawrence last month, as the Journal-World reported, and issued its 21-page ...

Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment

Jefferson City, Mo. — Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest. The newly proposed ...

Trump administration wants to remove protections for lesser prairie chicken

Topeka — The Trump administration is attempting to strike protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a bird that has teetered between threatened and endangered for decades. The administration argued in a May 7 court filing that a Biden-era ruling granting protections for the lesser prairie ...