7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (583+ words) TOPEKA " Democrats questioned U. S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt's position on abortion Wednesday at a Capital Area Democratic Women meeting in Topeka. Schmidt, a Democratic state senator from Topeka and the meeting's guest speaker, defended an amendment he made last year to…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1032+ words) TOPEKA " A new Kansas law withheld information from the public in a recent Linn County criminal case, raising concerns about the balance between safely executing an arrest warrant and the First Amendment. Before Senate Bill 204 took effect in July, cases…...