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<div style="color: #333;">Lyon County judge orders Emporia data center ban on ballot</div>
The ruling follows a hearing on temporary orders tied to the petition, which was launched after city commissioners approved zoning changes this summer that could allow data centers to be built in the community. Read more: KSN-TV
<div style="color: #333;">Why cities are suing Kansas residents over petitions to ban data centers</div>
State law allows residents to propose ordinances through petitions. Cities argue the petitions are legally flawed and would cause harm if enacted into law. Read more: CJonline
<div style="color: #333;">Ark City man arrested under public nudity law his own walks helped inspire</div>
An Ark City man whose nude walks through his neighborhood helped prompt Cowley County to adopt a new public nudity law last year has become the first person arrested under it. Sean Barnard, 46, was arrested around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday…
<div style="color: #333;">Edgerton sues residents over petition seeking to block data centers</div>
The city of Edgerton has filed a lawsuit in Johnson County District Court to block a citizen-led petition seeking to ban data centers in the small southern Johnson County community. On Aug. 4, the city filed the lawsuit against Kimberly…
<div style="color: #333;">City leaders move to protect Topeka boundaries amid Prairie Band vs. Kansas Lottery lawsuit</div>
City officials in Topeka are getting involved in an ongoing lawsuit between a local Indian tribe and the state lottery. The Topeka City Council voted in favor of intervening in an ongoing lawsuit between Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the…
<div style="color: #333;">A Kansas town will pay $850K to end a reporter’s lawsuit over a 2023 raid on her paper’s offices</div>
A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper's offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom.…
Kansas lawsuit challenges Wichita law enforcement’s reliance on license plate reader cameras</div>
Suit alleges city’s Flock surveillance network violates Kansas Constitution Read more: News Radio KMAN
Emporia Asks Court to Review Data Center Petition
Under Kansas law, the City Commission must consider certified citizen petitions. However, commissioners reviewed a legal analysis that raised questions about whether the proposed data center ban can be approved through the citizen initiative process. Read more: KCLY Radio
Lawsuit challenges Flock surveillance cameras
Machinist Mason Grimmett criticized the Wichita Police Department’s reliance on high-speed equipment that reads, logs and converts into searchable files the license plate of everyone driving in range of nearly 200 specialized cameras in the city. Last month, Grimmett used…
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