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State Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Tuesday March 25, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill Expanding Move-Over Protections for all Highway Drivers
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 24 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill Expanding Move-Over Protections for all Highway Drivers TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly signed on Monday Senate Bill 8, which requires drivers to move over when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights. "Thanks to this commonsense bill, all drivers will now be required to move over or slow down if there is a vehicle on the side of the road w  more

Governor Kelly Vetoes Restrictive Voting Legislation
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 24 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Vetoes Restrictive Voting Legislation TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed Senate Bill 4. The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of Senate Bill 4: "The three-day grace period for mail ballots was a bipartisan solution approved by the Legislature in 2017 to address delays in processing of mail by the United States Postal Service, particular  more

Justice Evelyn Wilson Announces Resignation From Kansas Supreme Court
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Justice Evelyn Wilson announces resignation from Supreme Court TOPEKA--Justice Evelyn Wilson, who has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since January 2020, announced today she will resign effective July 4. In her letter of resignation to Governor Laura Kelly, Wilson cites a recent diagnosis of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, as the reason for her resignation. "My tenure as a Supr  more

Kan. Commerce Dept.: Kansas Innovation Partners Gather for Gamechangers and Champions Event
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Kansas Innovation Partners Gather for Gamechangers and Champions Event The Kansas Office of Innovation served as a convening partner last week for the Gamechangers and Champions event, held in Wichita, which brought together a diverse set of partners to support entrepreneurship and innovative startup development in Kansas. The 2025 Gamechangers and Champions was co-presente  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for March 24, 2025
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 24, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-361-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Ares Logistics Solutions LLC Date Filed: 03/24/2025 * * * 25-FSEE-362-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: Application for FreeState Electric Cooperative Date Filed: 03/24/2025 * * * Original text here: https  more

Kansas Supreme Court Announces New Portal to Search Appellate Cases
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 25 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Kansas Supreme Court announces new portal to search appellate cases TOPEKA--Beginning today, people can search appellate cases using a public access portal that not only gives case information but also public case documents. The Kansas Appellate Courts Public Access Portal is part of the Kansas eCourt project to centralize case information on a single web-based platform, transformi  more