TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) School districts suing Kansas over education funding are telling the state Supreme Court that they want a lower court to still handle their lawsuit. Four districts on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reject the state’s request that the high court handle the lawsuit instead of a three-judge Shawnee County District Court panel. The districts sued the state in 2010. The lower-court panel ruled in December that the state isn’t adequately funding schools. The state asked the panel in January to reconsider. The districts filed their own request to block legislators from tampering with additional aid to…
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A U.S. Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department according to law enforcement officials familiar with the report.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Netanyahu is using the address to warn against trusting Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listen.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Manhattan City Manager, Ron Fehr and City Commissioner, John Matta. Fehr and Matta-segment 1 Fehr and Matta-segment 2 Fehr and Matta-segment 3 Fehr and Matta-segment 4
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with retired Lt. Col. Art DeGroat, Executive Director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Kansas State University,and Special Guest Jed Dunham, freelance writer and K-State Alum-Class of 1996. She also talked to Nathan Sage, Ellin Collin Wood, Kat Zoschke with Staley School of Leadership Studies and Konza United Way. Lastly, she was joined by Manhattan Building Official, Brad Claussen. Military Affairs-segment 1 Military Affairs-segment 2 Staley School of Leadership Studies-segment 1 Brad Claussen-segment 1
Pottawatomie County Commissioners passed a motion during their weekly meeting Monday, March 2 to approve a partnership with Shawnee County in an effort to seek state or federal funding for bridge rehabilitation in Northeast Kansas. Shawnee County Counselor Rich Eckert made an appearance at the commission meeting to propose backing for Willard Bridge, located on the Shawnee County-Wabunsee County line, for which replacement costs are currently in excess of $25 million. “We’re looking for partnerships with either KDOT or the Federal Government to help us replace that,” said Eckert. “That’s a very heavy toll for a county to absorb.” The…
One of the suspects in an aggravated robbery and kidnapping incident in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place this past October has entered a plea. Kenneth Mallett entered the no contest plea Monday afternoon in Riley County District court to two counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted aggravated robbery. During a preliminary hearing of another suspect in the case, it was indicated Mallet duct-taped a victim’s hands, feet,and mouth, and assisted in ransacking an apartment. He was originally charged with six counts. Sentencing is set for April 13th.
A woman who blogged for years about her son’s constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations of sodium through his stomach tube.
Police in Los Angeles are reviewing multiple videos in their investigation of a fatal police shooting of a homeless man. Meanwhile, LA civil rights activists say police used excessive force.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court is considering whether a lower-court panel should still review a lawsuit over state funding for public schools. The Supreme Court directed school districts that sued the state in 2010 to declare in writing Tuesday whether they want a three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court to have more hearings in the case. The lower-court panel ruled in December that the state isn’t adequately funding schools. The state asked the panel in January to reconsider. The aggrieved school districts filed their own request to block legislators from tampering with additional aid to poor…