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Ark City man arrested under public nudity law his own walks helped inspire
An Ark City man whose nude walks through his neighborhood helped prompt Cowley County to adopt a new public nudity law last year has become the first person arrested under it. Sean Barnard, 46, was arrested around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after Cowley County sheriff’s deputies…
Edgerton sues residents over petition seeking to block data centers
The city of Edgerton has filed a lawsuit in Johnson County District Court to block a citizen-led petition seeking to ban data centers in the small southern Johnson County community. On Aug. 4, the city filed the lawsuit against Kimberly Twente, Carrie Schmidt, the civic…
City leaders move to protect Topeka boundaries amid Prairie Band vs. Kansas Lottery lawsuit
City officials in Topeka are getting involved in an ongoing lawsuit between a local Indian tribe and the state lottery. The Topeka City Council voted in favor of intervening in an ongoing lawsuit between Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the state of Kansas on Aug.…
A Kansas town will pay $850K to end a reporter’s lawsuit over a 2023 raid on her paper’s offices
A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom. Read more: KSN-TV
Kansas lawsuit challenges Wichita law enforcement’s reliance on license plate reader cameras
Suit alleges city’s Flock surveillance network violates Kansas Constitution Read more: News Radio KMAN
Emporia Asks Court to Review Data Center Petition
Under Kansas law, the City Commission must consider certified citizen petitions. However, commissioners reviewed a legal analysis that raised questions about whether the proposed data center ban can be approved through the citizen initiative process. Read more: KCLY Radio
Lawsuit challenges Flock surveillance cameras
Machinist Mason Grimmett criticized the Wichita Police Department’s reliance on high-speed equipment that reads, logs and converts into searchable files the license plate of everyone driving in range of nearly 200 specialized cameras in the city. Last month, Grimmett used his five-minute public comment slot…
Data center boom creates new legal and property challenges for rural landowners
The rapid expansion of data centers across the United States is bringing new economic opportunities to rural communities, but it is also creating a host of legal, financial and property rights issues that many landowners have never faced before. As technology companies search for large…
Lawrence schools ordered to pay $113k for KORA violations
Federal Judge Kathryn H. Vratil has ordered USD 497 Lawrence to pay over $113,000 in attorneys’ fees for a group of student plaintiffs after the district was found to have violated KORA (the Kansas Open Records Act). According to the Lawrence Times, the ruling is…
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