By the Associated Press:
Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt is taking his fight to curb the power of Democratic Governor Laura Kelly and local officials to impose COVID-19 restrictions in Kansas to the state’s highest court.
Schmidt announced Tuesday that he has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to keep in place a law that limits Kelly’s power and local officials’ authority even though a Johnson County trial-court judge struck it down last month.
Schmidt is appealing District Judge David Hauber’s ruling and wants the decision put on hold in the meantime. The Republican-controlled Legislature enacted the law earlier this year to prevent Kelly from restricting businesses or imposing a statewide mask mandate
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