Derek Schmidt

TOPEKA – (June 11, 2021) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today released the following statement on the passing of former Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller:. “Vern Miller’s four years of service as Kansas Attorney General left an indelible mark on the office. I was fortunate to meet Vern a few times and understand how his career of service as a law enforcement officer and prosecutor earned him the moniker that became the subtitle of his biography: Legendary Kansas Lawman. I offer my condolences to Vern's wife, Paula, his family, friends, former staff and colleagues.”

TOPEKA – (June 11, 2021) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 273 victims of violent crime at its June meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Awards were made in 174 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 99 previously submitted cases. The awards...

Following a tour of Great Bend’s Fuller Industries, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt stopped at the Great Bend Tribune offices Monday afternoon to discuss his run for the 2022 Republican nomination for governor, as well as pressing policy and crime issues facing the state of Kansas. Schmidt, who has served...

TOPEKA — Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt secured a noteworthy endorsement in his campaign for Kansas governor Tuesday from House Speaker Ron Ryckman, ending speculation the Olathe Republican may run himself. In a video released Tuesday, Ryckman touted Schmid as a “reliable conservative voice” and leader. He touted Schmidt’s work...

TOPEKA – (June 2, 2021) – The attorney general’s office has resolved a fifth lawsuit filed under the state’s mistaken-conviction statute, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. The attorney general reached an agreed resolution of a lawsuit filed November 13, 2020, by Olin L. “Pete” Coones. In December 2009,...

TOPEKA – (May 28, 2021) – A Topeka man and his contracting business have been temporarily banned from doing business in Kansas for alleged violations of consumer protection laws, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. Defendants Kevin Wilkinson and Topeka Roofing and Gutters, LLC, are accused of multiple violations...

TOPEKA – (May 27, 2021) – Catalytic converters are covered by the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act, so transactions involving their purchase by scrap metal dealers are regulated and must be reported to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation database, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has concluded in a formal legal opinion published yesterday.

TOPEKA – (May 26, 2021) – The U.S. Senate should reject the nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over concerns about his approach to public safety and the Second Amendment and rights of millions of law-abiding gun owners, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.

TOPEKA – (May 25, 2021) – A fifth-grade student from Dodge City has won the 2021 National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and KBI Director Kirk Thompson announced today. Heidy Perez Veleta, a student at Sunnyside Elementary in Dodge City, was chosen the national winner by...

TOPEKA , Kan. – A Georgia man and his Kansas charity have been banned from doing business in Kansas and ordered to pay more than $11,000 in damages for violating the Kansas Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Act, according to Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Steven Beck of Ludowici, Georgia, and A...

TOPEKA – (May 21, 2021) – The Fourth of July fireworks display at Mount Rushmore cannot lawfully be blocked by a federal agency’s “erratic decision-making” and arbitrary reversal of its prior support, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has told a federal court. Schmidt today led a coalition of 17 state...

Sheriff Calvin Hayden endorses Derek Schmidt in GOP governor’s race. Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden has endorsed Derek Schmidt, Kansas attorney general, in the Republican primary for governor, The Kansas Reflector reports. Schmidt is running against the former Gov. Jeff Colyer, and Hayden told the Reflector Schmidt understands the “need...

TOPEKA – (May 17, 2021) – A recent shutdown of a major pipeline highlights the need for expanding energy infrastructure in the United States, not curtailing it at the expense of national security, including reversing the decision to cancel the Keystone XL project, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.

TOPEKA – (May 14, 2021) – A Wichita health club company has been ordered to pay $15,000 in penalties and fees for violating the No-Call Act, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. Genesis Health Clubs Management, Inc., agreed to a consent judgment ordering it to pay $15,000 in fees...

TOPEKA – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 365 victims of violent crime at its May meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Awards were made in 222 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 143 previously submitted cases. The awards totaled $242,552.36. The Division...

TOPEKA – (May 5, 2021) – Legislation approved today establishes a process for administering funds recovered from opioid litigation and makes addiction treatment and prevention the priority use for recovered funds, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. The legislation contained in HB 2079 was proposed by the attorney general...

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt stopped for lunch Thursday in Atchison. Schmidt the 44th attorney general of Kansas was a special guest of the Rotary Club of Atchison for their April 29 meeting at Atchison Event Center. Member Rick Berger introduced Schmidt to the group. Berger said Schmidt was actually...