News Releases
Illegal Alien with Final Removal Order Charged in Connection with Kansas Homicide That Never Should Have Happened
TOPEKA– (September 8, 2026)– Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that Erlin Y. Lagos-Gonzales, 43, of Garden City, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the August 31, 2026, killing of Adonis Edgardo Aguilar-Juarez at a livestock facility in Kearny County.
09/08/2026 12:30 PM
Attorney General Kobach Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
TOPEKA – (August 26, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.—one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s.
08/27/2026 1:40 PM
Kobach, bipartisan coalition win ruling against Nexstar-Tegna board moves
TOPEKA – (August 10, 2026) – A U.S. District Court sided with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general ruling that actions by Nexstar Media Group and Tegna violated a court order.
08/11/2026 2:01 PM
Salina Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children
TOPEKA – (August 6, 2026)– Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced today that a Saline County judge sentenced a Salina man to nearly six years in prison for sexually exploiting children.
08/06/2026 8:27 AM
Kobach court win ends registration of firearm suppressors
TOPEKA – (August 4, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced victory in a case where he defended the right of Kansans to acquire and own firearms.
08/05/2026 4:54 PM
Kobach issues statement on KS Supreme Court's refusal to accept emergency appeal in voting case
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a statement in response to the Kansas Supreme Court's recent decision not to take up an emergency appeal a lower-court ruling allowing a three-day grace period for mail-in ballots to remain in place.
07/31/2026 11:34 AM
Kobach making emergency appeal to Kansas Supreme Court in election case
TOPEKA – (July 16, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office will file an emergency appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court, after a district court judge issued a temporary injunction reinstituting a three-day grace period for the return of mail-in ballots. More than 44,000 b
07/17/2026 1:27 PM
Consumer Alert: Weekend storm damage could attract unregistered contractors
TOPEKA – (July 13, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is urging Kansas residents to use caution to avoid scams by unregistered contractors following weekend storms. Kansas experienced hail damage in Neosho, Rooks, and Wilson counties, as well as high winds in Cherokee, Crawford, Neosho, and
07/13/2026
Kobach pushes feds to further crackdown on illegal robocalls
TOPEKA – (July 9, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can’t use real numbers to de
07/09/2026 9:32 AM
Kansas Attorney General's Office participates in 2026 DOJ National Health Care Fraud Takedown
TOPEKA – (June 23, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced today that the Kansas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) played an active role in the 2026 U.S. Department of Justice National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
06/23/2026 11:32 AM
Kobach recognizes Elder Abuse Awareness Month with educational tour
TOPEKA – (June 17, 2026) – Today, Attorney General Kris Kobach recognized Elder Abuse Awareness Month. To raise awareness, Attorney General staff, in collaboration with the Kansas Department of Children and Families, is conducting a statewide educational tour that kicks off today in Pittsburg.
06/17/2026 10:04 AM
Attorney General Kobach Announces Victory in Title IX Challenge
TOPEKA – (June 12, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that Kansas’s legal challenge to the Biden-era Title IX rule has ended in complete victory.
06/12/2026 11:09 AM
News releases issued prior to 2023 are available through an archive hosted by the Kansas State Library.