Current Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is facing off against Democrat Chris Mann for the office again. The two were on the 2022 ballot, when Kobach won by 1.5 percentage points.
A woman who testified anonymously in Douglas County court earlier this month is one of several witnesses Kansas AG Kris Kobach has brought forward whose bias and credibility has been questioned.
Republican Kris Kobach and Democrat Chris Mann clashed Tuesday in a debate on their top priority as Kansas attorney general, their perspectives on capital punishment and even what they considered their opponents’ greatest attribute.
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The Lawrence City Commission will discuss the city’s conversion therapy ban at an open meeting in response to demands from Kansas AG Kris Kobach to revoke it.
Democrats think they have a shot to win the Kansas attorney general’s race this year after a narrow loss last time. The race four years ago was the tightest statewide race, and the two candidates are the same.
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A Douglas County judge has temporarily reinstated a Lawrence transgender woman and Army veteran’s license that was invalidated by an anti-transgender state law.
The Kansas attorney general is demanding Lawrence and two other cities repeal their bans on conversion therapy for minors following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found such bans violate the First Amendment.
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O’Connell Children’s Shelter hosted a ribbon cutting Tuesday for a family service center, which staff said will offer wraparound services and three beds for kids in crisis.
A few spaces are exempt from Kansas’ new bathroom law that requires people to use the facilities in government buildings that match their sex assigned at birth, Attorney General Kris Kobach said in a new opinion.
A divided Kansas Supreme Court issued a narrow decision Friday resulting in dismissal of Gov. Laura Kelly’s petition alleging AG Kris Kobach interfered with her constitutional authority to engage in litigation on behalf of the state. Both sides declared victory.
