State and Region

Bonded by work and love, Israeli Embassy colleagues’ lives cut short by gunman

They were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal. But the interwoven lives of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were brutally cut short Wednesday evening, when the two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a young diplomats' reception at the Capital ...

Kansas review board reverses controversial decision to grant parole to KHP murderer

TOPEKA — The Kansas Prisoner Review Board responded to a backlash of criticism by rescinding a decision to authorize parole for a Winfield Correctional Facility inmate sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper. The Kansas Department of Corrections ...

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 ...