News Releases
Consumer Alert: Protect Kids from Chinese Vaping Products Disguised as Smart Devices
TOPEKA – (Jan. 9, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a consumer alert warning Kansans of dangerous vaping products from China that target children.
01/13/2026 11:18 AM
Kobach announces charges in election crimes case
TOPEKA – (Jan. 6, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office filed election crimes charges against Jose Luis Gomez, Sr. of Hutchinson.
01/06/2026 4:56 PM
Kobach marks completion of his quest to prevent foreign adversaries from buying KS land
TOPEKA — (Jan. 2, 2026) — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced ongoing implementation and public reporting efforts related to the Kansas Land and Military Installation Protection Act, which became effective July 1, 2025.
01/02/2026 11:17 AM
Kobach announces $150M settlement with Mercedes-Benz
TOPEKA – (Dec. 23, 2025) – Attorney General Kris Kobach today joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149 million settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA for violating state laws that prohibit unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing vehicles equipped with ill
12/23/2025 2:45 PM
Salina man sentenced to life in prison for 2011 murder
TOPEKA – (Dec. 23, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that Steven Couch Jr., 54, of Salina, was sentenced to life in prison for a 2011 murder.
12/23/2025 2:14 PM
Kobach announces settlement with Menards
TOPEKA – (Dec. 18, 2025) –Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced a settlement with Menards, a home improvement retail chain.
12/18/2025 12:35 PM
Kobach Confronts Big Tech’s AI Companion Chatbots
TOPEKA – (Dec. 15, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is demanding answers from the artificial intelligence industry for “disturbing and inappropriate outcomes” caused by Big Tech’s AI companion chatbots.
12/15/2025 2:22 PM
Kobach obtains $700M in Multistate Google Settlement
TOPEKA – (Dec. 11, 2025) – Kansas consumers who were harmed by Google’s anticompetitive conduct related to the Google Play Store may receive compensation thanks to a settlement agreement secured by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and a coalition of 52 other attorneys general.
12/11/2025 3:39 PM
Kobach Leads 21-State Coalition in Defending Second Amendment
TOPEKA – (Dec. 11, 2025) –Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led 21 states in urging a federal district court to find federal registration requirements for untaxed firearms to be unconstitutional.
12/11/2025 10:39 AM
Kobach dismisses DACA lawsuit after court victory, new federal regulations issued
TOPEKA – (Dec. 10, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is voluntarily dismissing a federal lawsuit that stopped the Biden administration from giving taxpayer-funded Obamacare subsidies to more than 200,000 illegal aliens.
12/10/2025 12:22 PM
Court Vindicates Kobach, Finds Johnson County’s Sales Tax Measure Unlawful, Vindicates Kobach
A state court determined that the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners exceeded its taxing authority.
12/09/2025 7:51 PM
Crime victims to be honored at upcoming holiday remembrance receptions
TOPEKA – (Nov. 18, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office, in cooperation with the Kansas Organization for Victim Assistance, will host receptions in Wichita, Kansas City and Topeka in honor and remembrance of crime victims who lost their lives.
11/18/2025 4:14 PM
KBI detains 10 illegal aliens on offender lists under 287(g) Immigration Enforcement Program
TOPEKA – (Nov. 17, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, in partnership with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained 10 illegal aliens with serious criminal histories during targeted enforcement operations conduct
11/17/2025 1:30 PM
Neodesha man guilty of financially exploiting elderly man
TOPEKA – (Nov. 12, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced that Travis Wayne Hann, 49 of Neodesha, was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison for felony mistreatment of an elderly person.
11/12/2025 2:18 PM
Kobach, Schwab announce charges in voter fraud case
TOPEKA – (Nov. 5, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office filed election fraud charges against Jose Ceballos, the mayor of Coldwater, Kansas. Ceballos last night was re-elected.
11/05/2025 2:18 PM
Gov. Kelly Attempts to Stage a Courtroom Coup
TOPEKA – (Oct. 31, 2025) – On Halloween morning, Gov. Kelly did something that no Kansas governor has ever attempted to do – she filed an action in the Kansas Supreme Court seeking to take control of the state’s litigation.
10/31/2025 12:17 PM
Kobach obtains settlement with online retailer
TOPEKA – (Oct. 29, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with TFG Holding, Inc., an online clothing retailer that offers shoes, clothing, and accessories through JustFab, ShoeDazzle, and FabKids.
10/29/2025 7:55 AM
Federal Judge sides with Kobach, coalition of AGs striking down Biden trans healthcare rule
TOPEKA – (Oct. 28, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced a victory in a multistate lawsuit challenging a Biden-era HHS rule that would have coerced healthcare providers into providing sex-change procedures, often at taxpayer expense.
10/28/2025 10:08 AM
Bucklin City Council fined for violating open meetings law
TOPEKA – (Oct. 27, 2025) – Bucklin City Council members will pay $100 in civil penalties for violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act or KOMA, Kansas Attorney Kris Kobach today announced.
10/27/2025 12:06 PM
Kansas Sees Alarming Rise in Child Drug Deaths Amid Statewide Enforcement Efforts
TOPEKA — (Oct. 8, 2026) — The Kansas State Child Death Review Board (SCDRB), under the Office of the Attorney General, has released its 2025 Annual Report analyzing the deaths of Kansas children.
10/08/2025
News releases issued prior to 2023 are available through an archive hosted by the Kansas State Library.