Posted: Mar 16, 2021 / 08:49 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 16, 2021 / 06:30 PM CDTTOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A judge has released Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop Tuesday morning in his first hearing, citing no probable cause after law enforcement arrested him on DUI charges.The Kansas Highway Patrol said After what KHP called “a short pursuit,” authorities arrested Suellentrop just before 4 a.m. on charges including driving under the influence and fleeing law enforcement.Law enforcement booked Suellentrop into the Shawnee County Jail after stopping his car. Online booking records show that...…Posted: Mar 16, 2021 / 08:49 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 16, 2021 / 06:30 PM CDTTOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A judge has released Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop Tuesday morning in his first hearing, citing no probable cause after law enforcement arrested him on DUI charges.The Kansas Highway Patrol said After what KHP called “a short pursuit,” authorities arrested Suellentrop just before 4 a.m. on charges including driving under the influence and fleeing law enforcement.Law enforcement booked Suellentrop into the Shawnee County Jail after stopping his car. Online booking records show that...WW…

Posted: Feb 1, 2021 / 06:40 AM CSTUpdated: Feb 1, 2021 / 06:40 AM CSTWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some people are questioning a Kansas law that allows the secretary of state to appoint election commissioners in the state’s most-populated counties.The questions come after Secretary of State Scott Schwab fired Sedgwick County’s election commissioner for accessing a voter database when working from home while undergoing treatment for cancer.Critics question why voters can’t choose the person who oversees elections in Sedgwick, Shawnee, Johnson and Wyandotte counties just as they do in 101 other...…Posted: Feb 1, 2021 / 06:40 AM CSTUpdated: Feb 1, 2021 / 06:40 AM CSTWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some people are questioning a Kansas law that allows the secretary of state to appoint election commissioners in the state’s most-populated counties.The questions come after Secretary of State Scott Schwab fired Sedgwick County’s election commissioner for accessing a voter database when working from home while undergoing treatment for cancer.Critics question why voters can’t choose the person who oversees elections in Sedgwick, Shawnee, Johnson and Wyandotte counties just as they do in 101 other...WW…

Posted: Jan 18, 2021 / 09:17 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 18, 2021 / 09:17 AM CSTTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas abortion opponents are moving with unusual speed to put an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on a ballot.Backers of the measure fear a COVID-19 outbreak could thwart them if they delay.The proposed amendment would overturn a state Supreme Court decision in 2019 that declared access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution.It would declare that there is no Kansas constitutional right to abortion and preserve the Legislature’s power to regulate abortion.One...…Posted: Jan 18, 2021 / 09:17 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 18, 2021 / 09:17 AM CSTTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas abortion opponents are moving with unusual speed to put an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on a ballot.Backers of the measure fear a COVID-19 outbreak could thwart them if they delay.The proposed amendment would overturn a state Supreme Court decision in 2019 that declared access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution.It would declare that there is no Kansas constitutional right to abortion and preserve the Legislature’s power to regulate abortion.One...WW…

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 / 11:35 AM CSTUpdated: Dec 18, 2020 / 01:04 PM CSTTOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly seek another term as governor of Kansas.The Governor’s spokesperson Lauren Fitzgerald confirmed on Friday, Dec. 18 Kelly will run for her second term.“Governor Kelly is focused on the state’s response to COVID-19 and continuing Kansas’ economic recovery, but of course she is running for reelection,” Fitzgerald said.Kelly was elected in November of 2018 after defeating former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe...…Posted: Dec 18, 2020 / 11:35 AM CSTUpdated: Dec 18, 2020 / 01:04 PM CSTTOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly seek another term as governor of Kansas.The Governor’s spokesperson Lauren Fitzgerald confirmed on Friday, Dec. 18 Kelly will run for her second term.“Governor Kelly is focused on the state’s response to COVID-19 and continuing Kansas’ economic recovery, but of course she is running for reelection,” Fitzgerald said.Kelly was elected in November of 2018 after defeating former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe...WW…