judicial selection

The U.S. Senate race in Kansas isn't expected to be competitive and the governor isn't on the ballot this fall. So, the hardest fought statewide campaign might just involve four people you’ve never heard of. For the first time ever there will be a coordinated effort to oust state Supreme Court justices.

Some legislators want to see changes in the judicial selection process but don't want to change the state Constitution .

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Funding for the entire Kansas court system has been in limbo. But Attorney General Derek Schmidt has now obtained a court order to keep judicial funding flowing through the middle of March.

Funding for the entire Kansas court system is now in jeopardy. A Shawnee County District Court judge has struck down a law related to the way chief judges are selected. But that law was tied to other legislation stating that all funding for the judicial branch would be stripped away if the first law was struck down.

A Kansas House committee is pushing to change the way state supreme court justices are selected.

Regional headlines from the Associated Press

The governor, as well as some Republicans in the Kansas Legislature, want to change the way state supreme court justices are selected, but many lawyers are opposed to the change.

Regional headlines from the Associated Press