Last month, the Kansas Department of Corrections suddenly canceled subscriptions purchased by outside parties for those in state custody. The move confounded newspaper publishers and concerned press freedom advocates.

Families of incarcerated people in Kansas were long able to take out a newspaper subscription in a person's name and have it delivered to a state facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections changed that policy without notice, claiming safety concerns but causing confusion.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation also did not say why it deemed the voicemail about Lenexa City Council member Melanie Arroyo credible enough to forward to the Lenexa Police Department.

Those wanting merit-based selection of justices are keen to keep the status quo, while others seek to establish direct elections for justices.

Sherri Foster missed several months of rent in 2020, but the lease on her Prairie Village house included a late fee of $20 per day. The court ruled she owed fees for all 1,062 days between her first missed payment and the judgment date.

This saga began in March 2021 when Geary County sheriff's deputy Bradley Rose pulled over a motorist on Interstate 70 because he noticed half of the word "Illinois" couldn't be easily read on the tag. But a unanimous Kansas Supreme Court said that wasn't enough to qualify as reasonable suspicion of a crime.

The Kansas parole board has reversed its decision to release a man convicted of a state Highway Patrol trooper's 1978 murder after criticism prompted the governor to call on the board to reconsider.

The Wichita Police Department recently began using risk terrain modeling, a data-driven approach to reduce crime.

Kansas currently has a merit-based system that doesn’t let voters have more say in the process.

Jacqueline Kelly, a former county prosecutor and city attorney, and Eric Yost, a former state legislator and attorney, were sworn in to become judges for the 18th Judicial District on Monday, January 13. This is Yost's second time on the bench as a district judge.