Kansas Senate offers tentative approval of bill restricting lawsuits associated with ‘lawfare’

Kansas Senate offers tentative approval of bill restricting lawsuits associated with ‘lawfare’

Sen. Ethan Corson, a Fairway Democrat campaigning for governor, objects to a Senate bill advocated by a Washington, D.C., based lobbying organization that limits cities and counties from relying on state nuisance laws to address companies that harm the general public. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Republican and Democratic attorneys in the Kansas Senate sparred Wednesday over a bill praised as a deterrent to distortion of sta…