Story updated at 6:06 p.m. Monday:
Douglas County’s new district attorney has been placed on leave and may be fired from her teaching job at the University of Kansas’ law school, after the university criticized her for improperly withholding the final grades of students as leverage in a pay dispute she has with KU.
Suzanne Valdez who was sworn in as the county’s district attorney on Monday morning counters that KU is discriminating against her for past comments that have been critical of how the university conducts its business, especially on matters of equity and investigation of sexual assault cases.