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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys nomination of a trial judge to Kansas second-highest court appeared doomed Monday after two key Republican legislators decried past social media posts criticizing President Donald Trump and…
Gene Bicknells name is all over the campus of Pittsburg State University, his alma mater. Its on a sports complex. The arts center is simply known as the Bicknell, after the homegrown entrepreneur. But while…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed three additional executions to give the state prison system time to develop a new lethal injection method. The Republican governors order today follows a federal…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A U.S. judge in California on Sunday blocked Trump administration rules, which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, from taking effect in 13…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A U.S. judge said Friday that a substantial number of women would lose free birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out…
WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge in Texas who recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has stayed his ruling to allow for appeals. That means Obamacare remains in effect while litigation continues. In a…
WASHINGTON (MCT) The three red states Idaho, Nebraska and Utah that bucked their own Republican legislatures last month and approved Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act are likely to proceed, despite…
When conservatives decry judicial activism, the target is inevitably a liberal judge whose rulings reach beyond interpreting law to making law. But misguided activist judges arent limited to the political left as last weeks federal…
WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge who described himself as disgusted by Michael Flynns behavior upended a straightforward sentencing hearing, postponing punishment for President Donald Trumps first national security adviser and telling him in a…
HUMBOLDT ? Magistrate Judge Leo Gensweider, who serves Neosho and Wilson counties in the 31st district court, hated school. ?The further I went, the more I hated it. I hated law school so much.? But,…
