TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 10 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: A federal court today halted a Biden rule that would have provided taxpayer-subsidized health plans to illegal aliens. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach personally argued the request for a preliminary injunction in a Bismarck courtroom in October. Today, the court sided with Kobach and the 19-state coalition he led on the case and stopped to proposed rule from going into effect.   more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Some of the more commonly known and grown oilseed crops in the U.S. have long been canola, soybeans and sunflowers, but a breakthrough by Kansas State University biochemists could lead to the cover crops pennycress and camelina also becoming a source for improved biodiesel. A research team led by Timothy Durrett, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and doctoral conferee Linah Alkot  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 7 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-TRAM-5037-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 12/07/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 10 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * 25-DPAX-240-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of MSE Hardscapes, LLC. Date Filed: 12/09/2024 * * * 25-DPAX-239-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Tom's Ditching and Backhoe Inc. Date Filed: 12/09/2024 * * * 25-DPAX-238-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty O  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: Attorney General Murrill announced that Louisiana received $1,400,289 from a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. A coalition of 50 Attorneys General reached settlements as the result of a multistate investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has obtained a stay from a North Dakota Federal Court stopping the Biden-Harris Administration from unlawfully giving taxpayer-subsidized federal health insurance to illegal aliens and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In 2012, the Obama Administration established the DACA program to protect illegal alie  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: As artificial intelligence becomes more involved in journalism, journalists and editors are grappling not only with how to use the technology, but how to disclose its use to readers. New research from the University of Kansas has found that when readers think AI is involved in some way in news production, they have lower trust in the credibility of the news, even when they don't fully understand what it co  more