Following this morning’s long-awaited Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the K-12 funding formula approved by the legislature earlier this year, local lawmakers and advocacy groups are weighing in.
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe’s office today released the conclusions of its review of the officer-involved shooting across the street from Highlands Elementary March 1. Howe said the use
The attorney representing former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Rose against a defamation suit brought by Overland Park Sen. Jim Denning filed a motion in Johnson County District Court on
Dylan Ruffin, the Fairway man charged with multiple crimes related to the shooting incidents near Highlands Elementary in March, made his first in-person court appearance Wednesday morning at the Johnson
Justin Adrian, the former Shawnee councilmember charged with having unlawful sexual relations with a student, on Wednesday morning requested to delay entering a plea in the case, choosing instead to
Dylan Ruffin, the man charged with multiple crimes related to the shooting incidents near Highlands Elementary earlier this month, remains in custody in the Johnson County Adult Detention Center. But if
The parties involved in a lawsuit over a column published in the Kansas City Star continue to trade public barbs over the issue. Attorney Michael Kuckelman and client Sen. Jim
An attorney representing the Kansas City Star against a defamation suit brought by Overland Park Sen. Jim Denning has filed a motion to have the case tossed out, claiming that
A Johnson County judge on Thursday sided with the progressive activist who sued Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker after Metsker refused to hand over a list of provisional ballot voters requested
The new Johnson County Courthouse will open in early 2021 with 24 finished courtrooms, up-to-date accessibility and an entry-way sculpture of multi-colored chains by Los Angeles artist Benjamin Ball, according
Candidates for Kansas House Districts 19 and 25 came out for the Shawnee Mission Post’s second night of forums heading up the November general elections last Thursday. Each area candidate
Candidates for the Kansas House seats in Districts 14, 17 and 18 came together Wednesday evening for the first of five Shawnee Mission Post’s October forums. The forums, ahead of
The ACLU of Kansas’s legal director is calling the Shawnee Mission School District’s recent motion to dismiss a case brought by students who say the district hindered their 1st Amendment
A 16-year-old SM East student will spend 13 months in juvenile detention for his role in the Prairie Village car crash that led to the death of a classmate early
The Kansas legislature’s latest K-12 funding plan does not meet the “adequacy” threshold required by the state constitution — but it could be made constitutional with relatively straightforward changes, the
