AG Derek Schmidt announces bipartisan fight against robocalls
TOPEKA – (December 11, 2018) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today announced that he is part of a bipartisan group of 40 state attorneys general working to stop or reduce annoying and harmful...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt announces Medicaid settlement with Crossroads Hospice
TOPEKA – (December 14, 2018) – Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today that Crossroads Hospice of Kansas has agreed to pay more than $300,000 to the Kansas Medicaid program for improper billing...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt: 384 crime victims to receive support
TOPEKA – (December 14, 2018) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 384 victims of violent crime at its December meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt Statement on Federal Court Ruling that ‘Obamacare’ is...
TOPEKA – (December 14, 2018) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt tonight issued the following statement in response to this evening’s ruling by a federal court in Texas that changes made by...
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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Kansas
TOPEKA – (December 18, 2018) – Governor Jeff Colyer today proclaimed January to be Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Kansas.In a ceremonial signing in the governor’s office, Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann was...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt: First mistaken-conviction lawsuit concluded
OLATHE – (December 18, 2018) – The attorney general’s office has resolved the first lawsuit filed under a new mistaken-conviction statute enacted by the legislature earlier this year, Attorney General...
View ArticleWichita woman found guilty of unlawful act relating to use of a driver’s license
WICHITA – (December 19, 2018) – A Wichita woman was found guilty of an unlawful act relating to the use of a driver’s license, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.Sharon Mingo-Johnson, 72,...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt asks Supreme Court to protect veterans memorials that...
TOPEKA – (December 27, 2018) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court decision that held a historic cross -shaped memorial honoring World War I...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt: More than 1,000 Kansas students to receive loan forgiveness
TOPEKA – (January 3, 2019) – More than 1,000 Kansas students will receive $2.1 million in student loan forgiveness under the terms of a settlement reached today with Career Education Corporation (CEC),...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt statement on Senator Pat Roberts retirement announcement
TOPEKA − (January 4, 2019) − Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt issued the following statement on today’s announcement by Senator Pat Roberts that he will not seek a fifth term in the U.S....
View ArticleGarden City man sentenced to jail time for fraudulent driver’s license
GARDEN CITY – (January 7, 2019) – A Garden City man was sentenced Friday to six months in jail after pleading no contest to a fraudulent ID charge, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.Adrian...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt statement on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
TOPEKA – (January 9, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today issued the following statement in recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which is today:“We all are grateful...
View ArticleOn Human Trafficking Awareness Day, AG Schmidt joins national missing...
TOPEKA – (January 10, 2019) – As organizations in Kansas and nationwide mark National Human Trafficking Awareness Day tomorrow (January 11), Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt will be participating...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt announces new senior staff appointments
TOPEKA – (January 10, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today named new appointments to his senior leadership staff in the attorney general’s office.C.J. Grover has joined the office as...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt: 274 crime victims to receive support
TOPEKA – (January 11, 2019) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 274 victims of violent crime at its January meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt, KBI to recognize Amber Alert Awareness Day on Sunday
TOPEKA – (January 11, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and KBI Director Kirk Thompson remind Kansans to stay alert when the public’s assistance is needed to help locate missing children....
View ArticleLansing nurse sentenced to 21 months for Medicaid fraud, drug charges
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – (January 14, 2019) – A Lansing nurse was sentenced last week to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud and related charges, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
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Derek Schmidt begins third term as Kansas Attorney General
TOPEKA – (January 14, 2019) – In a ceremony on the south steps of the Statehouse, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today took the oath of office to begin his third term.Joined by his wife,...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt to testify in US Senate on combating elder fraud
WASHINGTON – (January 15, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt will testify tomorrow before a U.S. Senate committee on strengthening efforts to combat fraud against older Americans.Schmidt...
View ArticleAG Derek Schmidt urges Senate to confirm nomination of William P. Barr as US...
TOPEKA – (January 15, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today urged the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm the nomination of William P. Barr as the next U.S. Attorney General.In a...
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