It could have been worse. That’s not the kind of statement that inspires excitement and applause, or rouses one’s fellow Kansans to ecstasies of celebration. It’s still an accurate summary of the 2022 Legislature, which…

Connie Brown Collins felt ecstatic when a Wyandotte County judge recently struck down a congressional redistricting map drawn by the Republican-led Kansas Legislature. The Kansas City, Kansas, resident said she and others repeatedly told lawmakers…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert looked back Wednesday on her first week as a district court judge 30 years ago and her interaction with a man already well known to courthouse…

Tension comes with the territory when you serve as a judge, said Marla Luckert, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.  After all, sometimes they are deciding matters of life and death.  In the case…

When the odds seem formidable, the success is all the sweeter.  Thursday evening, Marla Luckert, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, hailed the efforts of the Allen County Drug Court to help curb drug…

TOPEKA — Former Kansas Highway Patrol Col. Mark Bruce’s attorney went before the Kansas Supreme Court to argue state law required his client’s return to the rank of major instead of being ousted three years…

Iola plays host to two members of the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday and Friday. Chief Justice Marla Luckert and Justice Evelyn Wilson will be in town to visit with area students, meet with local…

A threatening number of Kansas legislators want the Kansas Constitution rewritten so that they have final say on who sits on the Kansas Supreme Court. If approved, the Senate’s Concurrent Resolution 1621 would give the…

TOPEKA — The administration of Gov. Laura Kelly sent a letter to leaders of the Kansas Legislature urging removal of a budget provision mandating a one-year extension of the $4 billion Medicaid contracts because the…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts. The lawsuits argue that a map endorsed by…