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City attorney: Kansas Supreme Court declines review of challenge to Lawrence source-of-income ordinance; Human Relations Division lists active cases
Summary
The City Attorney’s Office told the Human Relations Advisory Board the Kansas Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to the city’s source-of-income ordinance, leaving a Court of Appeals ruling in the city’s favor.
The Human Relations Advisory Board received an update from the City Attorney’s Office reporting that the Kansas Supreme Court declined to review an appeal brought by a group of landlords challenging the City of Lawrence’s source-of-income ordinance. The decline leaves intact an earlier Court of Appeals decision that had ruled in the city’s favor.
The staff member who read the attorney’s email said: “The bigger update is that we won the challenge to our source of income ordinance.” The email said the city will continue to enforce the protections added for source of income and immigration status under Chapter 10.
The update also provided…
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