Kansas Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is urging officials in Johnson County to postpone a legally required destruction of ballots from the 2020 election because the county sheriff says his he is still investigating possible election crimes ... the national Democratic Party is gearing up to help Kansas Democrats break the Republican super-majority in the Statehouse . and, authorities retrieved an unidentified body from the Kansas River near Lawrence Thursday. This summary of area headlines is updated throughout the day and made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!
“I believe that the sheriff of the county should be concentrating on making the community safer. And unfortunately, the sheriff is spending more time chasing conspiracies,” the chief said.
Progressives won all of their races in the county’s largest school districts and in key city council contests, except in one city where tensions ran high over affordable housing.