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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach got a Statehouse rebuke Friday from lawmakers even as they avoided mentioning the combative candidate for governor by name.

On April 26, the ACLU of Kansas sent a letter to the Shawnee Mission School District on behalf of students who were silenced, censored, and in some cases subject to aggressive physical contact by administrators while participating in a nationwide school walkout protesting gun violence.

"But at Hocker Grove Middle School, I think the most concerning complaint that we had was than an administrator was going around and ripping up student speeches, and was physically pushing students to get back into the school after they prematurely cancelled the rest of the program."

Kansas’ third-largest school district is reviewing complaints that administrators infringed on students’ freedom of speech during a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence, including by taking away student photographers’ cameras.

A federal judge has held Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt for failing to fully register and notify eligible voters he’d blocked.

A federal judge ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach held in contempt of court on Wednesday for disobeying her orders in a lawsuit over the state’s voter registration laws.

In the five months since the Topeka Police Department began using automatic license plate readers, the devices have scanned license plates more than 721,500 times.

By C.J. Ciaramella, Reason

The Kansas Legislature has narrowly approved a controversial measure allowing faith-based adoption and foster care agencies in Kansas to be reimbursed by the state for placement services, even if they turn away prospective parents who don’t fit their religious beliefs.