Legal issues

Enforcement of Kansas cannabis laws got more real Tuesday for Johnson County businesses that have been selling a less potent-THC product considered legal in Missouri. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe announced that the various wellness, CBD and vape shops...

By Dan Margolies  A federal judge rejected a proposed $1.75 million settlement to resolve claims by servers at Overland Park-based Jose Pepper’s that they were denied minimum wage and overtime, and were required to work before clocking in. U.S. Magistrate Judge...

By Sherman Smith TOPEKA — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider an appeal by Kansas to reinstate a law requiring new voters to prove their citizenship. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ruled the law unconstitutional in 2018 following...

A Johnson County psychiatrist has filed suit against the owner and manager of an office building at Somerset and Mission Road over claims that water damage in the building led to toxic contamination that has caused him serious health...

A Johnson County judge's decision on Tuesday to toss Overland Park Sen. Jim Denning's defamation lawsuit against former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Rose has the Republican Senate Majority Leader facing bills of more than $80,000 to cover the...

The group of Shawnee Mission School District parents who came together in the wake of the decision to shutter Mission Valley Middle School back in 2010 have agreed to drop their federal lawsuit challenging Kansas's school funding system, but say...

A state law that dictates cities cannot regulate the number of political signs on private property or “the unpaved right-of-way for city streets or county roads on private property during the 45-day period prior to any election” causes a...

A decision from the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals earlier this year brought to an end nearly five years of legal wrangling and cleared the Tutera Group, which is expected to begin work on the new Mission Chateau senior...

The United States Supreme Court today rejected the petition of a group of Shawnee Mission School District parents to reconsider a school funding case against the state of Kansas that came out of the closing of Mission Valley Middle...

The dispute over the legality of Mission’s Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) could end up in the Kansas Supreme Court. Mission City Administrator Laura Smith told a community budget forum this week that the city will appeal the most recent ruling...

The controversial Mission Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) often referred to as the ‘driveway tax’ by its critics, was ruled illegal by the Kansas Court of Appeals today. Ironically, the Mission City Council just Wednesday evening discussed the possibility of beginning...

The Leawood City Council on Monday spent an hour and a half digging into the details of a proposed ordinance change that could allow homeowners there to legally place Little Free Libraries on their property before voting to extend...