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The Kansas state Senate majority leader was arrested last month on suspicion of driving under the influence, allegedly recording a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit, according to reports.
Republican Gene Suellentrop, 68, faces several charges, including a felony fleeing to avoid arrest and a misdemeanor driving under the influence stemming from a March 16 arrest in Topeka.
The incident reportedly started with Suellentrop driving the wrong way on the interstate. He was also purportedly traveling at 90 mph in a 66 mph zone. In this March 17, 2021 file photo, Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, listens during a meeting of fellow GOP senators at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Republicans will vote on removing, Suellentrop, a powerful Kansas lawmaker charged with drunken driving from his leadership job following the release of a document saying he taunted the Hi
Lawrence council defers vote on banning conversion therapy
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From a ban on conversion therapy to cities making it illegal to discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, L.G.B.T.Q. advocates say the Kansas City area made progress in 2019.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. â The Lawrence City Commission decided Tuesday to defer voting on a proposal that would ban conversion therapy for minors, after a disagreement over how to address counseling by religious organizations.
The ordinance would prohibit treating minors for conversion therapy, which generally is aimed at changing a person s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The Lawrence City Commission decided Tuesday to defer voting on a proposal that would ban conversion therapy for minors, after a disagreement over how to address counseling by religious organizations.
The ordinance would prohibit treating minors for conversion therapy, which generally is aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
City legal staff said the ordinance included an exception for clergy in order to avoid legal challenges based on religious freedom, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Lawrence, Kansas, man charged with driving mom into lake ruled incompetent Share Updated: 8:31 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 8:31 AM CDT Apr 5, 2021 The Associated Press A Lawrence man accused of attempted murder after allegedly driving a vehicle with his mother as a passenger into a lake has been declared mentally incompetent.A Douglas County District Court judge ruled Wednesday that Jeremy S. Williams, 22, should receive treatment at Larned State Hospital, according to court records. He was charged with second-degree attempted murder after a caller reported seeing a car drive into Lone Star Lake on Feb. 25, prosecutors said.The caller helped Williams’ mother out of the car after she appeared unable to remove herself because of a broken leg, Douglas County Sheriff’s officials said. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and cold exposure.Williams’ case will remain pending while he rec
LAWRENCE, Kan. Lawrence would ban so-called gay conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors under an ordinance that is headed to the city council for consideration.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the city commission will take up the ordinance on Tuesday. The idea for such an ordinance was initially discussed last year, and several commissioners indicated at that time they were interested.
Vice Mayor Courtney Shipley, who initially brought up the idea, said that she did so after a member of the public told her that the city of Roeland Park in Johnson County had passed such an ordinance and wanted to know if Lawrence could do the same.