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FILE - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office, May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. On Wednesday, Oct. 11, Kansas' Republican attorney general asked the state's highest court to reward the GOP-controlled Legislature for following through on a decade's worth of court-mandated education funding increases by making it harder for local school districts to force higher spending in the future. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

With funding for Kansas schools higher, the attorney general wants to close their lawsuit

By John Hanna - Associated Press

A protester outside the Kansas Statehouse holds a sign after a rally for transgender rights on the Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Kansas must stop allowing transgender people to change the sex listed on their driver's licenses under a state court ruling on Monday, July 10. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas shouldn’t keep changing trans people’s birth certificates due to new state law, judge rules

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach speaks to reporters following a hearing in his state-court lawsuit against the state allowing transgender people to change the sex listing on their driver's licenses, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Topeka, Kansas. Kobach is trying to keep five transgender Kansas residents from intervening in his lawsuit against the state agency that issues driver's licenses. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas transgender people find Democratic allies in court bid to restore their right to alter IDs

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach speaks to reporters following a hearing in his state-court lawsuit against the state allowing transgender people to change the sex listing on their driver's licenses, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Topeka, Kansas. Kobach is trying to keep five transgender Kansas residents from intervening in his lawsuit against the state agency that issues driver's licenses. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The number of people making those changes jumped more than 300% this year ahead of the new law taking effect. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-trans law, agency attorney says

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The number of people making those changes jumped more than 300% this year ahead of the new law taking effect. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas attorney general sues to prevent transgender people from changing driver’s licenses

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The number of people making those changes jumped more than 300% this year ahead of the new law taking effect. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says

By John Hanna - Associated Press

FILE- North Dakota House Majority Leader Rep. Chet Pollert, R-Carrington, second from left, gestures toward House Speaker Rep. Kim Koppelman, R-West Fargo, far right, prior to the start of the floor session and votes on whether to override three vetoes by Gov. Doug Burgum, which includes a bill restricting transgender girls from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports, Thursday, April 22, 2021, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced. At least 10 states have enacted such laws and transgender, nonbinary and gender-noncomforming people expect states to rely on what they call vigilante enforcement by private individuals. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File0

In some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced

By Jack Dura, John Hanna and Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if Kobach is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday, June 23. Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a judge to end a requirement that Kansas allow transgender people to change their birth certificates. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

New law requires Kansas to reverse gender change for trans people in state records, state AG says

By John Hanna - Associated Press

Kris Kobach, the Republican candidate for Kansas attorney general, ponders a question from reporters during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas AG calls on Merrick Garland to block Biden from ‘meddling’ in probe

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 4, 2020 file photo, Kris Kobach, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, talks with reporters at his primary watch party in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner ,File)

Political ad in Kansas accidentally included footage of Tiger Woods among violent criminals

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks in Leavenworth, Kan., on July 8, 2019. Kansas voters have said no to Kobach twice over the past four years., but the immigration hard-liner is pursuing a political comeback. Kobach is running for Kansas attorney general after losing a general election for governor in 2018 and a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Kris Kobach looks for comeback in Kansas after losing 2 big races

By John Hanna - Associated Press

In this Aug. 4, 2020 file photo, Kris Kobach, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, talks with reporters at his primary watch party in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner ,File)

Polarizing Trump ally Kobach launches bid for Kansas AG

By JOHN HANNA and ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

Attorneys seek nearly $3.3M in Kansas voting rights suit

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

Roger Marshall pumps his fist after speaking to supporters near Pawnee Rock, Kan., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, after defeating Kris Kobach in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

Rep. Marshall’s primary win in Kansas buoys GOP Senate hopes

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Republican Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas' 1st Congressional District, speaks with supporters at his election night party at Rosewood Winery near Pawnee Rock, Ks., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Marshall ran against former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Kansas senator Pat Roberts. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

Roger Marshall wins in Kansas Senate Republican primary over Kris Kobach

By John Hanna - Associated Press

The Latest: Barnett wins Democratic primary in Kansas 1st

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020 file photo, U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., a candidate for the U.S. Senate, awaits the start of a debate in Olathe, Kansas, Establishment Republicans who'd been coy for months about the GOP primary for Kansas' open Senate seat are increasingly putting their thumbs on the scale. They're hoping to push western Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall to victory over polarizing conservative Kris Kobach. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., a candidate for the U.S. Senate, awaits the start of a debate in Olathe, Kan. in a Feb. 1, 2020 file photo. His opponent Kris Kobach, in the final days of a heated campaign is accusing Marshall, a physician, of performing an abortion. Rep. Marshall's campaign says the procedure was to end a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy and does not constitute an abortion. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Congressman decries mailer accusing him of doing abortion

Associated Press

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the lessons learned during the coronavirus. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Retiring Kansas Sen. Roberts endorses Rep. Marshall for seat

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press