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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.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
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.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
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.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday denied plaintiffs’ request to temporarily halt an anti-transgender law in Kansas from taking effect while a lawsuit against the state plays out.
Kansas AG Kris Kobach will pay a symbolic $1 sanction in a case regarding gender marker changes on driver’s licenses because he “should have known” better than to file a motion in a court that did not have jurisdiction.
The Kansas Supreme Court is considering who can represent the state in court, after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach have clashed over taking legal action on behalf of the state.
