AG Schmidt: Severe weather cleanup brings risk of fraudulent contractors
TOPEKA – (May 27, 2016) – As Kansans begin to cleanup and make repairs from this week’s widespread storm damage, Attorney General Derek Schmidt reminded homeowners to be on the lookout for fraudulent...
View ArticleAG Schmidt statement on Supreme Court school finance decision
TOPEKA – (May 27, 2016) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt this evening issued the following statement in response to the latest school finance decision, Gannon v. Kansas, announced by the Kansas...
View ArticleKansas to join lawsuit challenging federal reinterpretation of Title IX
TOPEKA – (June 1, 2016) – Kansas will join in a lawsuit challenging the new federal demand that local schools accept the Obama administration’s expansion of Title IX to cover gender identity or lose...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court sides with Kansas in wetlands case
TOPEKA – (June 1, 2016) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday unanimously sided with Kansas and decided that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot shield from judicial review its decision that private...
View ArticleGarden City medical provider banned from operating in Kansas
GARDEN CITY – (June 2, 2016) − A state judge has ordered a physician assistant in Garden City to stop doing business with consumers pending the outcome of a lawsuit that accuses him of failing to tell...
View ArticleAttorney General’s office to handle review of Finney County case
GARDEN CITY – (June 2, 2016) – The Kansas Attorney General’s Office will review the investigation of a Garden City man, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.On May 31, 2016, the Garden City...
View ArticleNebraska roofers banned from operating in Kansas
TOPEKA – (June 3, 2016) − Two Nebraska roofers have been temporarily banned from doing business in Kansas, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.In a lawsuit filed in Shawnee County District Court...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Kansas tobacco settlement receipts cross $1 billion level
TOPEKA – (June 6, 2016) – With the receipt in April of the 2016 Master Settlement Agreement annual payment, Kansas has now received more than $1 billion in total tobacco settlement payments, Attorney...
View ArticleNeodesha man sentenced to 7 years in prison for death of child
FREDONIA– (June 6, 2016) – A Neodesha man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated endangerment of a child, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt...
View ArticleAG files terrorism charge against man accused of kidnapping state judge
GARDEN CITY −(June 8, 2016)− A man accused of forcing himself at gunpoint into a state judge's home last week and holding the judge hostage for several hours while making demands of the state has been...
View ArticleDouglas County landscaper ordered to repay more than $8,000 to consumers
LAWRENCE – (June 8, 2016) – A Douglas County landscaper was ordered this week to repay two Kansas consumers, settling allegations that he violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, Attorney General...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Kansas sues Delaware, MoneyGram for $1.78 million in uncashed checks
TOPEKA – (June 9, 2016) – Kansas today filed an original action in the U.S. Supreme Court alleging the State of Delaware and MoneyGram have failed to comply with federal law in returning to other...
View ArticleTower Foundation to meet in Salina, tour Central Kansas Mental Health Center
TOPEKA – (June 10, 2016) – The Board of Directors of the Tower Mental Health Foundation of Kansas will meet in Salina next week to hear presentations from law enforcement officials and tour the Central...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: 213 crime victims to receive support
TOPEKA – (June 10, 2016) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 213 victims of violent crime at its June meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt...
View ArticleAG asks Supreme Court to keep Kansas schools open and operating
TOPEKA – (June 10, 2016) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today asked the Kansas Supreme Court to withdraw its warning that it might order a shutoff of all funding for schools if a legislative...
View ArticleEmporia man convicted of vehicular homicide, texting while driving
EMPORIA – (June 15, 2016) – An Emporia man was convicted today of vehicular homicide in connection with a 2012 crash that left one person dead and another injured, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt...
View ArticleAG Schmidt: Kansas E-book purchasers to receive $3.8 million from Apple...
For more information, visit the settlement website or call (866) 686-9333.TOPEKA – (June 20, 2016) – Kansas consumers who purchased electronic books (e-books) are expected to receive approximately $3.8...
View ArticleAG Schmidt statement on U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Texas
TOPEKA – (June 23, 2016) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s deadlocked 4-4 decision in U.S. v Texas, the case challenging the...
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Schmidt elected president-elect of the National Association of Attorneys General
TOPEKA – (June 24, 2016) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has been elected president-elect of the National Association of Attorneys General.Schmidt was elected to the post yesterday at the...
View ArticleAG Schmidt statement on passage of school funding legislation
TOPEKA – (June 24, 2016) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt tonight issued the following statement on the passage of Substitute for House Bill 2001:“The Legislature has steered school funding into...
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