Tag: Topeka
Patient influx from other states increases Kansas abortions
TOPEKA, Kan. — The number of abortions performed in Kansas increased by 9.1% last year, largely because more women traveled from other states to...
Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes...
Top Kansas court upholds law barring ‘wrongful birth’ suits
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas' highest court on Friday upheld a law barring so-called wrongful birth lawsuits against doctors, in a case in which a...
Kansas House member arrested after incident at local school
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas House member was arrested for possible misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student...
Kobach signals intent to run for Kansas attorney general
TOPEKA, Kan. — Polarizing conservative Kris Kobach has appointed a treasurer for a run for Kansas attorney general, a strong signal that he plans...
Kansas agency’s lost $72K: 4 years of probing, few answers
TOPEKA, Kan. — Sometime after a January 2017 drug bust near Interstate 70's main exit for President Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood Kansas home, $72,000 in...
Kansas governor vetoes ban for transgender school athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican measure that would have made Kansas the latest state with a GOP-controlled...
Passage of Kansas bill on trans athletes won’t be veto-proof
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas conservatives appeared likely Friday to push a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girl's and women's school sports through the...
Kansas Senate GOP leader charged with DUI faces ouster vote
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republicans will vote on removing a powerful Kansas lawmaker charged with drunken driving from his leadership job following the release of...
Kansas lawmakers likely to pass bill on transgender athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. — LGBTQ-rights advocates in Kansas are relying on the state's Democratic governor or the courts to block a ban on transgender athletes...
