Oct 02 Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says By John Hanna, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, days after he was suspended from his post. Continue reading
Sep 30 Mayor suspends police chief who led raid of rural Kansas newspaper’s office By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 15 Kansas to no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect gender identities By John Hanna, Associated Press The state health department's announcement Friday cited a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities. Continue reading
Aug 31 Kansas officials are no longer required to change transgender people’s birth certificates, judge says By John Hanna, Josh Funk, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 30 Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office By Josh Funk, Associated Press One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 22 Video of police raid on home of Kansas newspaper publisher shows 98-year-old mother upset By John Hanna, Jim Salter, Associated Press Joan Meyer died a day later. Her son said he believes that the stress contributed to her death. Continue reading
Aug 16 Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of Marion County newspaper should be returned By John Hanna, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:47 Editor of Marion County Record discusses possible motives behind police raid of newsroom By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow Police officers in Marion, Kansas, are under fire after raiding the newsroom of the town’s local newspaper, confiscating computers, cellphones and other materials. Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer said his 98-year-old mother collapsed and died following a… Continue watching
Jul 11 Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-transgender law, agency attorney says By John Hanna, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 10 Kansas must stop allowing trans people to change their driver’s licenses, judge says By John Hanna, Associated Press The judge's action is significant because Kansas has allowed transgender people to change their driver's licenses for four years. Continue reading