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Crime & Courts January 27, 2025 - 4:03 pm

‘Who are they going to target next?’ Kansas appeals court hears arguments on gender markers

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

”Today it’s our transgender population, but who’s next? … State-sponsored discrimination has no place in our democracy, and this is what this bill is all about,” an attorney for the Kansas Department of Revenue told Kansas Court of Appeals judges Monday.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news January 22, 2025 - 4:50 pm

Lawrence immigration advocate says know your rights

by Maya Hodison

Trump has promised to deport undocumented immigrants and others en masse. Knowledge is power amid fear and uncertainty, a Lawrence immigration advocate says.

State Government January 22, 2025 - 2:53 pm

Kansas House bill would use driver’s license records to look for voters who are not citizens

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

A bill proposed in the Kansas House seeks to remove people who are not U.S. citizens from the state’s voter rolls through temporary driver’s license records, invoking concern for potential disenfranchisement of Kansas voters.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news November 7, 2024 - 9:11 pm

Voter registration has reopened in Kansas; here’s what you should know

by Mackenzie Clark

Voter registration has reopened in Kansas following Tuesday’s election. That means voters can also update their registration if needed. Here’s what you should know.

Lawrence news October 8, 2024 - 5:00 am

Just one week left to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election

by Lawrence Times

Kansans have just one week to get registered to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election.

Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts September 27, 2024 - 5:21 pm

Trespassing charges dismissed for KU students arrested during pro-Palestine protest

by Maya Hodison

Criminal trespassing charges have been dismissed for three KU students who were arrested in May while protesting with KU Students for Justice in Palestine.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news September 18, 2024 - 4:47 pm

Hundreds of mail-in ballots weren’t counted in the Douglas County primary. Election officials are working to avoid the same fate in November.

by Cuyler Dunn

After more than 200 mail-in ballots from Douglas County voters were not counted in the August primary, local election officials are working to ensure similar problems don’t arise in November.

Lawrence Life September 17, 2024 - 8:13 pm

4 weeks left to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election

by Lawrence Times

Kansans have just less than a month to get registered to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election.

State News August 1, 2024 - 1:26 pm

Judge clears way for civic groups to resume voter registration drives

by Grace Hills, Kansas Reflector

Kansas civic groups are resuming voter registration efforts after a three-year-pause due to a law that made it a felony to “represent oneself as an election official.”

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts July 5, 2024 - 11:40 am

Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms that abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down 2 laws

by Rose Conlon, Kansas News Service

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down two laws restricting abortion, affirming its prior interpretation that ending a pregnancy remains a constitutionally protected right in Kansas.

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