Kansas House seeks Chiefs stadium plan in special session
Kansas lawmakers intensify bid to recruit the Chiefs by letting the team help craft a bond funded stadium plan. Speaker Dan Hawkins and Senate President Ty Masterson announced a June 18 special session and invited Chiefs leaders to weigh in. A new group Scoop and Score pushes to move the team from Missouri to Kansas with petitions and lobbyists.
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Grandmother voices frustration at lengthy child abuse sentencing
Lukas Sebastian Armstrong of Olathe faced charges for abuse of a child by torture and aggravated battery from 2019. He pleaded to two counts of aggravated endangerment and received 17 months in prison, suspended to two years probation, as a judge ordered.
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Francisco asks Kobach to probe GOP strategist over No Labels claim
Kansas Senator Marci Francisco calls on Attorney General Kris Kobach to investigate a leading Republican strategist who allegedly misrepresented himself as No Labels Kansas chair. State records show Kris Van Meteren listed as No Labels Kansas chairman and No Labels Kansas Inc. director.
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Second Person Arrested for Forgery in No Labels Petitions
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says a second person was arrested for forging signatures on petitions used by No Labels to gain party status in January. Jamie Johnson, 47, of Dade City Florida, was tracked to Nebraska and detained on 18 counts of election forgery and one count of election perjury. He awaits extradition to Johnson County District Court.
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