Theres a reason that we have a nonpartisan, independent judiciary system in Kansas. And a recent decision by a Shawnee County judge over the Kansas Department of Health and Environment improperly issuing permits for hog farming proves the point.
In essence, hog producers thought they might have found a loophole in state water protection laws. The KDHE under former Gov. Sam Brownback seemed to accept the move.
As The Topeka Capital-Journals Tim Carpenter wrote: The central issue in a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club of Kansas was whether KDHE enabled prominent…
