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Bill imposes longer prison sentences in Kansas — with $1.5M cost and need for more beds
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (364+ words) TOPEKA " A bill changing how courts impose jail time on consecutive sentences and limiting who will be released on bond passed the House despite concerns about how much it will increase costs and remove judicial discretion. House Bill 2444 addresses multiple…...
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6+ hour, 21+ min ago (15+ words) Bill imposes longer prison sentences in Kansas " with $1.5M cost and need for more beds'HPPR...
Justice Department says Kansas handed over Social Security info of voters. The state says it didn't
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (947+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice contends Kansas has given the federal government Social Security numbers and Department of Motor Vehicles registration information on registered voters. The DOJ sought the information as part of a sweeping push by the Trump administration to…...
Texas jails aren’t meeting deadlines to free inmates, costing some counties thousands in settlements
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1763+ words) Jessica Jackson was supposed to be released from Dallas County jail in time for the holidays last year. She was arrested in early December for misdemeanor drug possession and violating parole, but was credited time for two years she'd already…...
Texas company pitches drone response to school shootings
1+ week, 1+ day ago (293+ words) In drills led by Campus Guardian Angel, an Austin-based tech company, first responders participated in a hypothetical exercise to stop an active shooter. Remotely piloted drones flew up to 50 mph indoors, scouting for threats, delivering medical supplies to "injured" actors,…...
Cesar Chavez abused and raped women and girls, NYT investigation says
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (674+ words) Cesar Chavez, the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights, has been accused of sexually abusing two girls in the 1970s as well as Dolores Huerta, with whom he co-founded the United Farm Workers, in the 1960s, according to an investigation…...
Kansas banking officials ask lawmakers to hold social media, phone companies liable for fraud
1+ week, 1+ day ago (616+ words) TOPEKA " A banking official told lawmakers Monday about an elderly customer who was scammed into giving tens of thousands of dollars to what she believed would be a scholarship honoring her dead husband. Tony Weingartner, manager of the financial intelligence…...
PFLAG must turn over records in Texas probe tied to transgender youth care ban, court rules
1+ week, 2+ day ago (382+ words) The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Texas Attorney General's Office can require LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG to turn over documents related to an investigation into medical care for transgender minors. The court overturned a previous district court decision…...
FBI says its taking over the Michigan synagogue attack investigation
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (647+ words) Updated March 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM CDT The suspect in Thursday's active shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., is dead, according to federal and local law enforcement officials. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said a man drove a truck into…...
Suspect in attack at Michigan synagogue is dead, officials say
1+ week, 6+ day ago (607+ words) Updated March 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM CDT The suspect in Thursday's active shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., is dead, according to federal and local law enforcement officials. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said a man drove a truck into…...