John Hanna

October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The disruption has left attorneys unable to search online records and forced them to file motions the old fashioned way — on paper. Courts are limping along, although the growing piles of paper are a mess that will have to be sorted and scanned eventually.

By Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna | The Associated Press

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January 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The trial of Chase Neill, 32, of the northeastern Kansas city of Lawrence, came amid what authorities say is a sharp rise in threats against the nation's lawmakers and their families.

By John Hanna | The Associated Press

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March 20, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Federal officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a decision that could encourage other Republican-led states to consider similar policies.

By John Hanna

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July 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP - Kansas' attorney general is accusing five companies of preying on struggling homeowners and has sued them as part of what he calls a new campaign against mortgage scams.But an attorney for one of the companies said Tuesday that allegations against it are "sort of bizarre," adding that Attorney General Steve Six "is getting bad information from his underlings" in its case.

By JOHN HANNA

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January 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP - Kansas courts may still close extra days and furlough workers with the additional dollars promised by a proposal that legislators are considering, a judicial branch spokesman said Thursday.Spokesman Ron Keefover said officials are still calculating how many unpaid days off workers could avoid if the courts receive the extra $5 million under consideration.

By JOHN HANNA

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April 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP - Kansas demanded Tuesday that Nebraska pay more than $72 million for taking too much water from the Republican River, but Nebraska's attorney general said the figure has "no basis in reality."Kansas officials already had proposed that Nebraska cut pumping from wells in its portion of the river basin to comply with a 2003 U.

By JOHN HANNA

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February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP - Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, who received national attention and judicial criticism for his work investigating abortion clinics, will face a professional ethics complaint, a state document shows.Two former Kline deputies, Stephen Maxwell and Eric Rucker, also will face complaints, according to a letter sent to an attorney representing the three men.

By JOHN HANNA

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September 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP _ A judge blocked a state regulation Thursday that would have prevented most doctors from injecting chemicals into their patients to melt body fat.The State Board of Healing Arts, which regulates doctors, approved the regulation last month, and it was supposed to take effect Friday. Kansas is the first state to attempt to regulate such treatments.

By John Hanna

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April 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

TOPEKA, Kan. AP The state's highest court has put on hold indefinitely its review of a regulator's decision blocking two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas.The Supreme Court plans to wait until legal challenges to the decision are considered first in district court and in administrative hearings involving the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

By JOHN HANNA

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December 05, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JOHN HANNA

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