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Northbound K-7 is closed at Parallel Parkway because of a fatal crash, according to KC Scout.
Traffic has been detoured onto State Avenue, KC Scout stated. Motorists are asked to avoid the area.
The closure might last four to six hours, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
by Stephen Koranda, Kansas News Service
Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice are asking states including Kansas for information related to the National Voter Registration Act — a move made the same day that the president’s commission on voter fraud sent a request for “publicly available voter roll data.”
In a letter sent June 28, Justice Department officials requested data on how states purge registrations of people who have died or moved. The letter seeks information to confirm that states are complying with federal law and keeping voting lists updated.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on the same day sent requests for voter registration information to all states in his role as vice chairman of President Donald Trump’s commission on voter fraud. Numerous states have said they will not provide some or all of the information that Kobach requested.
Washington’s secretary of state earlier this week made public the request she received from the Justice Department.
When asked if Kansas had received a similar letter, Kobach spokesperson Samantha Poetter confirmed it.
“We have received this letter,” Poetter said Wednesday in a statement. “We are currently reviewing it.”
Poetter wouldn’t say what Kobach thinks of the request. When asked for a copy of the letter, she said she would have to check with the office legal department.
The letter sent to Washington state asks for a variety of information, including the process used to remove voters who have moved or died. It also asks for the number of voters removed from voting lists.
“As part of our nationwide enforcement effort, we are reviewing voter registration list maintenance procedures in each state covered by the NVRA,” said the letter, which was signed by DOJ Voting Section Chief T. Christian Herren.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a Freedom of Information Act request in response to the letter, raising concerns about the breadth of the DOJ request.
“The DOJ offered no explanation or justification for the unprecedented time-bound request,” the center said in a letter.
Stephen Koranda is Statehouse reporter for Kansas Public Radio, a partner in the Kansas News Service. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org.
See more at http://kcur.org/post/justice-department-request-state-voter-information-follows-similar-kobach-query.
Hot and muggy weather is in today’s forecast, with the high near 91 and a heat index of 95, according to the National Weather Service.
Friday’s high will be 89, and Saturday’s high drops to about 86, the weather service said.
Scattered hit-or-miss storm chances will return later in the weekend, according to the weather service.
Today, skies will be sunny with a high of 91 and a calm wind that changes to southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon, the weather service said.
Tonight, it will be mostly clear with a low of 72 and a south southwest wind of 5 to 7 mph, according to the weather service.
Friday, expect mostly sunny skies with a high of 89, and a west wind of 5 to 8 mph that changes to north in the afternoon, the weather service said.
Friday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 66, and a north wind of 6 mph becoming calm in the evening, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be mostly sunny with a high of 86, the weather servie said. A calm wind will become south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday night, there will be a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m., according to the weather service. It will be partly cloudy, with a low of 69.
Sunday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 89, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 72, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be mostly sunny with a high of 92, the weather service said.
Monday night, expect partly cloudy skies with a low of 73, according to the weather service.