Politics Sep 15 Kansas to no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect gender identities The state health department's announcement Friday cited a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities.
Politics Aug 31 Kansas officials are no longer required to change transgender people’s birth certificates, judge says A U.S. district judge on Thursday approved a request from Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach to block birth certificate changes because of a new state law defining male and female as the sex assigned at birth.
Nation Aug 22 Video of police raid on home of Kansas newspaper publisher shows 98-year-old mother upset Joan Meyer died a day later. Her son said he believes that the stress contributed to her death.
Nation Aug 21 The online search spurring a raid on a local Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says Spokesperson Zack Denney said Monday that it's legal to access the agency's driver’s license database using information obtained independently.
Politics Aug 16 Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of Marion County newspaper should be returned Even without computers, cellphones and other equipment taken in the raid, the new edition of the Marion County Record made it to newsstands Wednesday after a frenzied scramble.
Nation Aug 14 Rural Kansas police raid newspaper office amid rampant ‘anti-press rhetoric’ Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department's actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press.
Politics Jul 11 Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-transgender law, agency attorney says Department of Revenue attorney Ted Smith said in a state-court filing that became public Tuesday that an anti-transgender rights law that took effect July 1 conflicts with another law governing what appears on driver's licenses.
Politics Jul 10 Kansas must stop allowing trans people to change their driver’s licenses, judge says The judge's action is significant because Kansas has allowed transgender people to change their driver's licenses for four years.
Nation Jul 07 Kansas attorney general sues to block transgender people from changing sex on driver’s licenses The Republican attorney general in Kansas is asking a state court to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver's licenses.
Politics Jun 24 Kansas’ attorney general moves to stop trans people from changing their birth certificates Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a judge to end a requirement for Kansas to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates. He is not seeking to undo past changes, only prevent them going…