1998 News Releases

03/06/1998 Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of Wyandotte County government merger TOPEKA—The Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the newly consolidated city and county government in Wyandotte County.The new government, called the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, in today's ruling withstood challenges on 10 separate constitutional grounds. The court rejected all but ...

01/14/1998 Shawnee County completes electronic filing pilot project TOPEKA—Shawnee County Administrative Judge Terry L. Bullock announced today the completion of a six-month pilot project of testing electronic filing of civil cases, the first of its kind in Kansas.The new technology was unveiled at a demonstration for the news media and state and county officials Wednesday morning at the Shawnee County ...