AG Schmidt: Crime victims to receive support
TOPEKA – (January 11, 2013) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 87 victims of violent crime at its January meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Stay alert for missing kids
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today reminded Kansans to stay alert when the public’s assistance is needed to help locate missing children. Schmidt’s reminder comes as National Amber Alert...
View ArticleAG Schmidt appeals school funding ruling
TOPEKA – (January 11, 2013) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today filed notice that the State will appeal today’s ruling on school finance to the Kansas Supreme Court and released the following...
View ArticleAG fines two companies for violating Kansas No-Call Act
TOPEKA – (January 15, 2013) – Two out-of-state companies have each been fined $10,000 for violating the Kansas No-Call Act, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.“Many Kansans have...
View ArticleGovernor & Attorney General seek stronger anti-human trafficking law
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced they will ask the Kansas Legislature to strengthen the state’s human trafficking statutes, with an emphasis on protecting...
View ArticleAG Schmidt offers legislative proposals
Focus is protecting children, vulnerable adults, taxpayers Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt released twelve recommended changes in law for consideration by the 2013 Legislature.“The Legislature’s...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: ACLU lawsuit dismissed
TOPEKA – (January 23, 2013) – A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law that regulates insurance coverage for abortions, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.District...
View ArticleEPA air regulation blocked
TOPEKA – (January 25, 2013) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today announced that a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has left in place an earlier ruling that blocks a controversial new...
View ArticleChautauqua County woman sentenced for Medicaid fraud, mistreatment and animal...
SEDAN – (January 28, 2013) – A Chautauqua County woman today was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $35,869.84 and was sentenced to 30 days in jail on convictions of Medicaid fraud,...
View ArticleRedfield man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 1998 case
FORT SCOTT — (January 29, 2013) — A 14-year-old disappearance was resolved yesterday when Larry Gier Jr. of Redfield pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, burglary and theft in Bourbon County...
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Coffeyville man sentenced to 7 years on meth charges
INDEPENDENCE —(January 30, 2013) — A Coffeyville man will spend 7 years in prison after being sentenced on methamphetamine charges, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.Mark A. Foster, 48, was...
View ArticleKansas joins multi-state “robo signing” settlement
TOPEKA – (January 31, 2013) – A Florida company will be prohibited from “robo signing” mortgage documents in the future and will have to re-examine past documents to ensure consumers’ legal rights were...
View ArticleMore than 3,000 Kansans apply for concealed carry permits in January
TOPEKA — (February 1, 2013) — Kansans set a one-month record in January for the number of new concealed carry handgun permit applications, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. The Attorney...
View ArticleAG Schmidt seeks mediation of school finance dispute
TOPEKA – (February 7, 2013) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today asked the Kansas Supreme Court to stay the order of a three-judge panel that ruled parts of the school finance law...
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Sumner County man found guilty of drug, gun charges
WELLINGTON – (February 8, 2013) – A Sumner County man was found guilty of drug and gun charges today, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.John David McConnell, 51, of South Haven, was found...
View ArticleAG Schmidt joins challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
The State of Kansas today joined a legal challenge to a key provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced.
View ArticleAG Schmidt: 127 crime victims to receive support
TOPEKA – (February 15, 2013) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 127 victims of violent crime at its February meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Two companies fined for No-Call Act violations
TOPEKA – (February 20, 2013) – Two companies were recently fined for violations of the Kansas No-Call Act, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.“Kansans who have registered their phone...
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Man sentenced to 5 years for involuntary manslaughter
COLUMBUS – (February 20, 2013) – A Scammon man today was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. David Tirrell,...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Mortgage settlement has provided $52.9 million for Kansas homeowners
More than 1,400 Kansas homeowners received almost $53 million in mortgage assistance during 2012 from the national mortgage settlement.
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