Feb 10, 2021
Lawmakers consider suspending speedy trial requirements as caseloads pile up in Kansas
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Feb 1, 2021
Kan. legislators consider bills to amend advance voting laws, filling vacancies
By NOAH TABORDA
Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are weighing a bill limiting who can deliver an advance ballot on behalf of another person in an attempt to prevent potential “ballot...
By NOAH TABORDA
Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are weighing a bill limiting who can deliver an advance ballot on behalf of another person in an attempt to prevent potential “ballot...
Feb 1, 2021
School officials owe Black woman kicked off Kansas cheer team one thing: an apology
Talyn Jefferson wants to set the record straight: She was not removed from the cheer squad at Ottawa University because of her box braids hairstyle.
The 20-year-old junior from Lawrence said she was...
Talyn Jefferson wants to set the record straight: She was not removed from the cheer squad at Ottawa University because of her box braids hairstyle.
The 20-year-old junior from Lawrence said she was...
Dec 23, 2020
Gov. Kelly: Kansas prison inmates should get COVID-19 vaccine before general population
Gov. Laura Kelly said prison inmates should get the COVID-19 vaccine before the general population during an interview Wednesday with The Topeka Capital-Journal.
"I'm going to continue to take action...
Gov. Laura Kelly said prison inmates should get the COVID-19 vaccine before the general population during an interview Wednesday with The Topeka Capital-Journal.
"I'm going to continue to take action...
Dec 13, 2020
Repeat 911 caller in Topeka targeted people of color several times before officer hurt boy
Law experts and community activists question dispatch policy, law enforcement response
By Noah Taborda - December 13, 2020
TOPEKA — Dispatch call logs indicate a Topeka woman has made more...
Law experts and community activists question dispatch policy, law enforcement response
By Noah Taborda - December 13, 2020
TOPEKA — Dispatch call logs indicate a Topeka woman has made more...
Nov 18, 2020
Kansas man already served 27 years in prison for $7K in robberies. Don’t send him back
Michael McCloud spent 27 years in prison for several 1990-era armed robberies. At roughly $70 a day, that’s approximately $689,850 Kansas taxpayers shelled out punishing him.
Now, newly reelected ...
Michael McCloud spent 27 years in prison for several 1990-era armed robberies. At roughly $70 a day, that’s approximately $689,850 Kansas taxpayers shelled out punishing him.
Now, newly reelected ...