Senate president, two lawmakers sued over response to Kirk shooting comments
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Marietta Daily JournalFormer Kansas employee sues Republican legislators who wanted her fired over Charlie Kirk post
TOPEKA — A former state employee sued Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and two other Republican legislators for demanding she be fired over a comment she posted to Facebook when Charlie Kirk was killed in September 2025. Katie Allen, who was a research analyst at the Kansas State Department of Education, was fired five days […]
Senate president, two lawmakers sued over response to Kirk shooting comments
A former state education department employee has filed a federal lawsuit against Senate President Ty Masterson and two Republican lawmakers for calling for her firing after she remarked on social media that the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk was “well deserved.” The lawsuit, filed just two weeks before the Nov. 3 general election, accuses Masterson, state Sen. Brad Starnes and state Rep. Megan Steele of violating her free speech rights for deman…
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