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<div style="color: #333;">Topeka to sue AT&T over SW Fairlawn Road construction delays</div>
Topeka will soon take legal action against AT&T. On June 16, the Topeka City Council unanimously approved initiating litigation. The council didn't discuss the litigation as the line item was within the consent agenda. City communications director Daniel Garrett said…
<div style="color: #333;">Haven Council rejects pollinator yard in favor or lawn ordinance</div>
The first council meeting of June came with a wide variety of agenda items. The meeting began with the council approving previous meeting minutes and agendas, as well as approving a financial audit presented from the Loyd Group. The meeting…
<div style="color: #333;">KS Supreme Court re: Zoning Protests</div>
To count the acreage in a unit of real property held by tenants in common towards a zoning protest petition under K.S.A. 12-757(f)(1), all tenants in common must sign the petition. Read the opinion: Prairiewood Holdings, LLC v. Board Of…
<div style="color: #333;">Wichita City Council amends ordinance to allow back-in parking</div>
After hearing from the public, the Wichita City Council amended an ordinance on Tuesday to make back-in parking legal in most city spaces. Council members approved the amendment 7-0, despite staff’s recommendation to keep the current ordinance that had been…
<div style="color: #333;">Wyandotte County leaders at odds with Kansas lawmaker over Chiefs stadium decisions</div>
When they voted in February to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies for the Kansas City Chiefs, Wyandotte County officials wanted to make sure they would not be left out of oversight for the new Chiefs stadium.…
<div style="color: #333;">Bourbon County clerk sues to invalidate recall petition over ballot errors</div>
Bourbon County Clerk Susan Walker filed a lawsuit asking a judge to stop a recall petition tied to ballot errors in the USD 235 school board election. The lawsuit, filed May 22, 2026, asks the court to declare the petition…
<div style="color: #333;">Kansas county asking lawmakers to tackle tornado chasing</div>
Officials in northeast Kansas county are asking state lawmakers to tackle a growing problem before it turns deadly. The Marshall County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to send a letter to legislators, senators and the attorney general calling for a…
<div style="color: #333;">4 Johnson County school districts move to sue state over special education funding</div>
The four biggest school districts in Johnson County are joining together to prepare for possible legal action against the state of Kansas over what they say is a yearslong failure to adequately fund special education. In a statement on Wednesday,…
<div style="color: #333;">Kansas AG issues opinion exempting some state facilities from anti-trans bathroom law</div>
A few spaces are exempt from Kansas’ new bathroom law that requires people to use the facilities in government buildings that match their sex assigned at birth, Attorney General Kris Kobach said in an opinion he released Wednesday. Kobach’s opinion,…
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