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Kansas judge blocks state abortion laws including restrictions on medication

JURIST

A Kansas judge blocked several existing and planned abortion restrictions in the state on Monday including requiring providers to tell patients that abortion medication can be reversed and that abortion is linked to breast cancer, both of which are contested claims. Wade , Kansas is one of only a few states that provides abortion protections.

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Kansas lawmakers urge AG to release report on August 2023 raid on local newspaper

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Kansas lawmakers urge the state’s attorney general on Tuesday to release a report containing information on an August 11, 2023 police raid on a local weekly newspaper in the state. The post Kansas lawmakers urge AG to release report on August 2023 raid on local newspaper appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Kansas prosecutors find police had ‘insufficient evidence’ to raid local newspaper office

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Police in Marion County, Kansas must return items seized during an August 11 raid of a local newspaper office after Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey found on Wednesday that police had “insufficient evidence” to search the office in the first place.

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County Attorney Rejects Warrant Used In Raid Of Small Kansas Newspaper, Asks Court To Force Cops To Return Seized Devices

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The post County Attorney Rejects Warrant Used In Raid Of Small Kansas Newspaper, Asks Court To Force Cops To Return Seized Devices appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kansas to Upgrade its Victim Notification System

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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has announced enhancements to the state’s victim notification system. The changes came after a Kansas domestic violence report showed 22,593 domestic violence incidents were reported to law enforcement, an incident every 23 minutes.

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Supreme Court declines to consider appeal to reinstate Kansas voter ID law

JURIST

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review an appeal seeking to reinstate Kansas’ voter identification law. The appeal cited an Indiana voter identification law requiring a photo identification presented when voting in person as justification for Kansas’ requirements: This Court’s decision in Crawford v.

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Kansas man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for targeting Black man

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A Kansas man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for threatening a Black man with a knife simply because of the man’s race. Colton Donner was driving through a residential neighborhood in Paola, Kansas, in September of 2019 when he saw the victim walking along the sidewalk. ” U.S.

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