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This combination of 2013 file photos provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows Reginald Carr, left, and Jonathan Carr. The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, to hear the appeals the two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” (Kansas Department of Corrections via AP, File)

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear appeals from ‘Wichita massacre’

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Kansas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt motions to get a point across during a debate against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly at the Doubletree in Overland Park, Kan., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Republican nominee pivots to crime in Kansas governor’s race

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FILE - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2022. Kelly wasted little time after a decisive victory in Kansas for abortion rights before sending out a national fundraising email warning that access to the procedure would be “on the chopping block” if her party did not win in the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kansas governor lauds abortion vote but focuses on economy

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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt discusses a proposal that he's pushing with other Republicans to amend the state constitution to give the Legislature the power to overturn state agencies' administrative regulations, at a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Behind him are Senate President Ty Masterson, left, R-Andover, and House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., right, R-Olathe. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP Kansas attorney general launches campaign for governor

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to reporters, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, during a Statehouse news conference in Topeka, Kan. The Republican-controlled Legislature is pursuing multiple proposals to curb the Democratic governor's power. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP officials launch new effort to rein in Kansas governor

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Kansas: Man who did illegal autopsies duped 82 consumers

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly discusses an executive order requiring mask wearing and daily temperature checks in all public and private K-12 schools during a news conference, Monday, July 20, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly also wants to delay the reopening of schools from mid-August to after Labor Day but needs the State Board of Education's approval. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas AG: Local officials can opt out of school mask order

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FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, a man votes in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Mo. Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Tuesday, June 2, 2020, that he will appeal a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in April that said the state could not enforce a proof-of-citizenship law. An appeals-court panel said the law violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal legal protection as well as a federal voter registration law. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Kansas to ask Supreme Court to save voter citizenship law

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Attorney General: Frontenac violated open records law

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Georgia nursing home company banned from Kansas for 10 years

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Kansas AG wants to crack down on indoor vaping

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AG: Treatment funding key to Kansas criminal justice reform

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly talks to reporters, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Attorney General Derek Schmidt has issued a legal opinion saying that a new and aggressive policy imposed by Kelly's administration for taxing online sales is invalid. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas AG: New policy for taxing online sales is invalid

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, left, speaks to reporters about food assistance for the needy as Secretary for Children and Families Laura Howard listens during a news conference, Thursday, July 11, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Kelly on Thursday dropped a policy that allowed several thousand Kansas adults to keep receiving food assistance after failing to meet a work requirement, reversing course days after the state’s Republican attorney general threatened to file a lawsuit. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP threat ends Kansas governor’s food assistance extension

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2015, file photo, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt talks to lawmakers at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Schmidt's office filed legal arguments Monday, April 15, 2019 defending a new public school funding law. It increases education funding by roughly $90 million a year. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

Kansas tells court broad support is reason to OK schools law

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Kansas committee rejects bill on ‘child aggressors’

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2015, file photo, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt talks to lawmakers at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Schmidt is proposing to strip the secretary of state's office of its power to prosecute election fraud cases. Schmidt announced the proposal Friday, and Secretary of State-elect Scott Schwab said he supports it. The GOP-controlled Legislature would consider the measure after convening its next annual session in January. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas AG wants to end elections chief’s prosecution power

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Massachusetts man sues to run for Kansas attorney general

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Kansas judge to rule on barring out-of-state candidates

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The Latest: Lawyers seek up to $1.5B more for Kansas schools

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