2005 News Releases

	10/27/2005 16 apply for 3rd Judicial District judge vacancy TOPEKA—Sixteen Topeka attorneys have submitted their name to succeed Shawnee County District Judge Eric Rosen, who has been appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court. The deadline was 5 p.m. Wednesday.The applicants will be interviewed by the Third Judicial District Nominating Commission November 4. The commission will then submit the names of at ...
	06/03/2005 Supreme Court orders increase in school funding Appeal No. 92,032: Ryan Montoy, et al. v. State of Kansas, et al.TOPEKA—The Supreme Court today unanimously ordered school funding for the coming school year to be increased no later than July 1 from approximately $142 million appropriated by the 2005 Legislature to $285 million above the past school year's level of funding.The figure is ...
	05/24/2005 Finalists named for Supreme Court vacancy TOPEKA—The names of three persons were submitted to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday as nominees for appointment to a vacancy on the state Supreme Court that was created by the March 30th death of Justice Robert L. Gernon.They include Martha J. Coffman, Lawrence; Douglas County District Judge Robert W. Fairchild and Shawnee County District ...
	05/23/2005 Four attend national training TOPEKA—On May 19-22, Supreme Court Justice Robert Davis, Johnson County District Judge Stephen Tatum, Olathe; District Judge Robert Fairchild, Lawrence; and Denise Kilwein, Director of Judicial Education, Office of Judicial Administration, attended the Advance Leadership Institute in Judicial Education.The Advance Leadership Institute is a ...
	05/03/2005 School finance lawsuit arguments to be livestreamed TOPEKA—Thanks to the cooperative efforts of a number of entities, oral arguments involving the constitutionality of the state's school finance act will be made available live over the Internet and be the subject of a half-hour educational program on each of the state's public television stations. The arguments are scheduled to begin ...