AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration…

TOPEKA — The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission met Friday morning to discuss the process to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County. The vacancy was created by the Jan. 8 death of…

Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge is considering Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s arguments that a new Kansas law rolling back transgender rights doesn’t bar the state from changing the sex listing on transgender people’s…

Iola attorney Chuck Apt has been tapped as the next magistrate court judge for the 31st Judicial District, and in so doing, will bring an end to a legal legacy that has extended 138 years.…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways throughout the nation. U.S.…

Kansans should continue to seek preventive care — things like cancer screenings — despite a court ruling Thursday that could let insurance companies off the hook on paying for that care, say health policy experts…

Judge Tod Davis, magistrate judge for Allen County since 2016, has been appointed to a newly created judgeship position in the 31st Judicial District. Gov. Laura Kelly appointed Davis on Friday. “Tod is a dedicated,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s…

TOPEKA — The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 7:30 a.m. Monday to discuss the nomination process to fill a new district judge position. The new district judge position was…