Tag: Derek Schmidt
Federal Judge blocks Biden transgender rules from taking effect
In at least a temporary victory, a federal judge last week temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule forcing businesses and…
Poll shows majority of Kansans support curriculum transparency
According to a new poll provided to The Daily Wire, an overwhelming majority of registered voters in Kansas and three…
Schmidt proposes eliminating state income tax on retirees
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt — who is running for Kansas Governor — has proposed allowing Kansas residents to “retire…
Biden: no lunch for poor kids unless schools allow boys in the girls’ restrooms
Just when you think Washington can’t stoop any lower, the Biden administration says it will withhold funding for lunch for…
KC Star pushes Kelly for governor with school funding lie
A guest column in today’s Kansas City Star by a retired teacher makes an outrageously false claim about school funding…
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
Kansas Press Association hopes to curb open records costs
With little incentive to be transparent, the state and some local governing bodies often fight Kansas Open Records Act requests…
Kelly issues new disaster declaration — cautioned against overreach
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly again issued a disaster declaration on Jan. 6 — the first such since the previous state…
Kansas Supreme Court reverses district court ruling on SB 40
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a ruling from a district court judge declaring Senate Bill 40, — which gave due…
SCOTUS to hear arguments on OSHA mandate injunction
Late last week the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals removed a stay on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate via OSHA for…
Judge blocks vaccine mandate for federal contractors in KS
A federal judge in Georgia has blocked the federal contractor vaccine mandate which would have required employees at any company…
Federal court says Biden administration can’t prohibit state tax cuts
A federal court yesterday agreed with Kansas and held that an attempt by Congress and the Biden administration to prohibit…
U.S. Fifth Circuit stays OSHA vaccination mandate
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court today issued an order staying the Biden administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate covering…
Kelly decries federal vaccine mandate, stops short of backing lawsuit
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly came out against the federal vaccine mandate Friday morning, a day after Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
AG Schmidt to challenge federal vaccine mandate
The Biden administration is about to promulgate its latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate, using the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to…
Governor, KJI, Chamber, school boards weigh in on SB 40 lawsuit
Kristin Butler and Scott Bozarth wanted school officials to listen to their concerns, but they refused. Left with few other options,…
Supreme Court issues stay in SB 40 case
After intervention by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case involving…
Labette County woman seeks to use initiative process to impose wind regs
In Reno County, a protest petition managed to stop the construction of an industrial wind generation facility, but a Labette…
Attorneys say school districts can opt out of mask mandate
Johnson County’s Legal Director, an attorney in private practice, and arguably a State Attorney General opinion all say school districts…
AG’s office asks Kansas Supreme Court to grant SB 40 stay
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to pause a District Court judge’s ruling that the…
AG’s office files notice to appeal SB 40 ruling, requests stay
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to press the pause button on a recent Johnson…
Kansans face uncertainty as JoCo judge rules SB 40 ‘unenforceable’
Business owners, parents, and Kansas residents face uncertainty if counties or school boards issue new COVID-related mandates after a Johnson…
Derek Schmidt denied opportunity to respond to KC Star attack
A recent Kansas City Star opinion piece sharply criticized Kansas Republican gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General, Derek Schmidt, for…
Attorney General Derek Schmidt to intervene in SB 40 case
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced yesterday that his office is intervening in an SB 40 case. The AG’s office…