Worsening Floods Pose Threat to US Dam Safety July 5, 2024 By Michael Phillis and John Hanna ST. LOUIS (AP) — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and...
Kansas School District Was Discriminatory in Discipline: DOJ July 5, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them,...
Floodwaters Force People From Homes in Some Parts of Iowa June 24, 2024 By Ed White and John Hanna Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of...
Kansas Schools Turn to AI to Spot Guns May 14, 2024 By David A. Lieb and John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras...
Kansas Governor Signs Law to Increase Benefits to Injured Workers April 15, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who...
Kansas Newspaper Seeks $10M Over Police Raids April 3, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids...
Court Upholds Kansas Law Banning Changes to Transgender Driver’s Licenses March 13, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn’t violating transgender residents’ rights under the state...
Kansas Court System Seeks $2.6M to Recover from Cyberattack January 19, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas court system needs at least $2.6 million in additional funds to recover from an...
Kansas Courts’ Computer Systems Coming Back Online Following Cyberattack December 19, 2023 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The court system in Kansas has started bringing its computer system for managing cases back online,...
Kansas Court System Down in ‘Security Incident’ With Hallmarks of Ransomware October 30, 2023 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline...