Tag: Derek Schmidt
In their eagerness to pass tax cuts, Kansas Republicans are choosing to ignore that the federal government just passed one of its own. On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Revenue broke the news that state…
TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt jumped on the lawsuit bandwagon of states taking legal action to challenge constitutionality of a federal economic stimulus law preventing states from indirectly using emergency funding to lower…
Attorneys General Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Derek Schmidt of Kansas are at it again. The two have co-signed a letter to the Treasury Department expressing outrage that the new COVID-19 bill blocks states from…
TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law prohibiting people from engaging in electioneering within 250 feet of a polling station, the attorney general said Wednesday. Attorney General Derek…
Derek Schmidt weighed in last week that Kansas school boards could likely sidestep Gov. Laura Kelly’s request that teachers, staff and students wear face masks in an effort to ward off the spread of COVID-19…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to require new voters to provide papers documenting their citizenship when registering. Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
Kris Kobachs campaign for the U.S. Senate received a significant boost Monday with the news U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wont be a contender. Pompeo has kept his cards close to the chest as…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas top law enforcement official says boosting spending on services for the mentally ill and treating substance abuse is crucial to reforming the states criminal justice system. Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has joined a legal battle to save a federal program that shields young immigrants from deportation. Kellys move Friday puts the Democratic governor and Republican Kansas Attorney…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Laura Kelly is discounting Republican calls to rescind a policy requiring out-of-state online businesses to collect sales taxes on sales in Kansas and remit the tax to the state. On…
