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Sep 16, 2021

Kansas will have to pay $1.9 million in legal fees for Kris Kobach-backed lawsuit failure over voting law

A federal judge approved a deal Wednesday that would see the state pay out roughly $1.9 million in legal fees to a group of attorneys, including the American Civil Liberties Union, stemming from a prolonged...

A federal judge approved a deal Wednesday that would see the state pay out roughly $1.9 million in legal fees to a group of attorneys, including the American Civil Liberties Union, stemming from a prolonged...

Sep 16, 2021

Know Your Rights: Abortion vote in Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Now that Texas has banned abortions in most cases after six weeks of pregnancy, many people are wondering if other states will soon do the same. 

Kansans will have a big choice...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Now that Texas has banned abortions in most cases after six weeks of pregnancy, many people are wondering if other states will soon do the same. 

Kansans will have a big choice...

Sep 16, 2021

Biden Ended Contracts with Private Prisons. So One May Turn To House Immigrants

People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.

The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing,...

People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.

The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing,...

Sep 16, 2021

A 'Violent' Kansas Prison May Detain Immigrants After Biden Ended Contracts With Private Prisons

People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.

The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing,...

People locked up in the Leavenworth Detention Center in Kansas have been reaching out for help nearly every day.

The for-profit facility, which houses federal prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing,...

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CoreCivic Leavenworth Deterntion Center
Sep 15, 2021

Violence plagues private prison in Kansas, critics say, urging Biden to close all such facilities

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One federal inmate was murdered, his lung punctured in an altercation; another was stabbed 17 times; a third was beaten and needed to be hospitalized; and two inmates died by suicide....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One federal inmate was murdered, his lung punctured in an altercation; another was stabbed 17 times; a third was beaten and needed to be hospitalized; and two inmates died by suicide....

Sep 14, 2021

Kansas agrees to $1.9M settlement for defending Kobach’s baseless voter fraud claims

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys $1.9 million in fees and expenses for a five-year legal battle over an unconstitutional...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys $1.9 million in fees and expenses for a five-year legal battle over an unconstitutional...