Tag: Derek Schmidt

The news that Sen. Pat Roberts will not seek re-election has got political pundits already positing viable candidates for the 2020 election. After all, it’s only 660 days away, give or take. For Republicans, the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas has agreed to pay $1.1 million to a man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a robbery that he says was committed by someone…

MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas undersheriff who fatally shot a man with a beanbag round last year was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents on Wednesday arrested Barber County…

Kansas has joined with 15 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn employment protections for transgender Americans. The state’s position is wrong-headed and counterproductive. Kansas should rethink its approach to this issue.…

Kansas has joined 15 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that it’s legal to fire people for being transgender. Last week, the 16 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the court…