Open records clash over Topeka police shooting report
Advocate says Topeka and Lawrence police departments avoided issuing the first page of the Kansas Standard Offense Report for the Sept. 28 fatal shooting of Dominique White. Departments refused incident reports, citing Lawrence investigation and safety concerns.
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Lawrence
Dominique White
Topeka Capital- Journal
Ron Keefover
Kansas Sunshine Coalition For Open Government
Keefover
Luther Ganieany
Topeka Police
Ganieany
Welfare policy shift questioned after aid rolls shrink
Kansas lawmakers questioned the impact of Brownback era welfare changes as new figures show 43 715 people became ineligible for cash assistance. The number surfaced during a Joint Legislative Budget Committee briefing on revenue estimates and social service costs including Medicaid foster care and TANF. Senator Carolyn McGinn criticized flat employment trends while warning that TANF funds are being diverted to other programs.
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Kansas
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Department For Children and Families
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Carolyn McGinn
Sedgwick
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas attorney Teeter rated not qualified for federal bench
The ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary announced that a substantial majority of its 15 members found Johnson County attorney Holly Lou Teeter not qualified for a federal judgeship, with a minority rating of qualified.
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Topera
Johnson County
Holly Lou Teeter
American Bar Association
ABA
Standing Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Joint hearing set for downtown Lawrence shooting suspects
Three Topeka men Anthony L. Roberts Jr Ahmad M. Rayton and Dominique J. McMillen will share a preliminary hearing in Douglas County District Court before Judge Sally Pokorny on December 7 The defendants face murder and attempted murder charges in a quintuple shooting on Massachusetts Street Prosecutor Charles Branson leads the case and one suspect has hired counsel after more than two weeks without an attorney
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Lawrence
Anthony L. Roberts Jr
Ahmad M. Rayton
Dominique J. McMillen
Douglas County District Court
Sally Pokorny
Douglas County
Charles Branson
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