LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Attorneys who filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a Kansas voter registration law are seeking to make the suit a class action.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach suspended the pending registrations of more than 36,000 would-be Kansas voters earlier this year until they provide proof of insurance. Former Lawrence Rep. Paul Davis and William Lawrence, an attorney in Davis’ law firm, filed a suit Sept. 30 lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction.

They filed an amendment Tuesday for class action status.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the plaintiffs are two Douglas County residents who applied to register to vote in December and March. Kobach filed a motion last week saying the lawsuit was moot because he had registered the two after pulling their birth certificates from Kansas Vital Records.

ELLSWORTH COUNTY- One person was injured in an accident just after 7:30p.m. on Wednesday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Nissan passenger vehicle driven by Nichole Elizabeth Prunty, 32, Fenton, MO., was eastbound on I-70 just east of Kansas 14.

The vehicle struck a deer that approached from the north side of the roadway.

A passenger Blake Lee Stroh, 34, Fountain, CO., was transported to Ellsworth County Medical Center.

Prunty was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A plan at the University of Kansas to require “inclusion and belonging” training for everyone on campus is drawing criticism from some Republican legislators.

Several said Wednesday they worry the training will become an effort to squelch conservative thought.

Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said that won’t happen and such training is common among businesses.

Lawmakers’ concerns could complicate the university’s sometimes-rocky relationship with the GOP-dominated Legislature as it faces tough budget decisions and potential spending cuts.

The university and the surrounding community of Lawrence are viewed across the state as liberal political bastions.

Diversity training is among the demands from the student protest group Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.

The university says it is creating an advisory team to produce an “action plan” by mid-January that will cover “mandatory education.”

NEW YORK (AP) — A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year.

During the long holiday weekend, 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007. That’s according to travel agency and car lobbying group AAA. That would be a 0.6 percent increase over last year and the seventh straight year of growth.

The figure is still 7.3 percent short of the 50.6 million high point reached in 2007, just before the recession.

Like on every other holiday, the overwhelming majority of travelers — almost 90 percent — will be driving. And they will be paying much less at the pump. AAA says the average retail price for gasoline is now $2.15 per gallon, 74 cents cheaper than the same time last year.

Airlines for America, the lobbying group for several major airlines, forecasts 25.3 million passengers will fly on U.S. airlines, up 3 percent from last year. Airfare is basically flat compared to last year, with a mere 0.3 percent or 69 cent average increase, according to the Airlines Reporting Corp., which processes ticket transactions for airlines and travel agencies.

WASHINGTON, DC – Frustrated with a lack of intelligence concerning President Obama’s plan to relocate terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the mainland, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today demanded answers from the Secretary of Defense about the consequences to national security of such a move. Roberts is a former chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Audio of Senator Roberts’ remarks can be found here.

“There has been no comprehensive intelligence analysis of security risks or alleged benefits to the American people should detainees held at Guantanamo be relocated to the mainland,” Roberts said. “How can the Administration decide that moving these terrorists is in our best interests if we do not have an analysis of the threats? With both the American people and the Congress opposed to this executive action, how is the President reaching this decision?”

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch yesterday testified before the House Judiciary Committee and said, “With respect to individuals being transferred to the United State, the law currently does not allow for that. And that is not, as I am aware of, going to be contemplated given the legal prescriptions.”

“The Congress has banned the transfer of detainees, the American people, and more especially Kansans are opposed to the effort, President Obama’s own Attorney General says that it would be against the law, and there has been no comprehensive intelligence analysis of what this executive action would do to American communities or to our overall war against terror,” Roberts said. “Because neither national security nor the wishes of the American people have determined this course of action, we can only conclude that closing GITMO is to fulfill a campaign promise and add to the President’s alleged legacy. And it is a mistake.”

Earlier this month Senator Roberts started an online petition to allow Kansans to voice their opposition to President Obama’s attempts to close Guantanamo Bay by Executive Order and bring terrorists to Kansas or anywhere else in the United States. Those interested may sign the petition here

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 54-year-old Kansas jewelry store owner has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for knowingly buying jewelry that had been stolen in home invasions.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says John O. Dasher of Silver Lake pleaded guilty in June to one count of transporting goods. Dasher admitted the crimes happened from 2010 to 2013 while he owned the Diamond House in Topeka.

Prosecutors say Dasher paid a fraction of the actual value of the jewelry, which he melted down to form scrap gold. He then mailed the gold scrap to gold wholesalers in Los Angeles.

Dasher agreed to forfeit $130,000 as a condition of the plea deal. He was sentenced on Wednesday.

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blue Bell has resumed making ice cream in Texas but those treats are not for sale amid fallout from listeria contamination and cleanup.

Production resumed Wednesday in Brenham, where the creamery is based, with new procedures and employee training. No date was announced for sale of ice cream made in Brenham, 70 miles northwest of Houston.

Blue Bell voluntary recalled all products in April after the treats were linked to 10 listeria cases, including three deaths in Kansas. Listeria bacteria can cause serious illness, especially in older adults, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.

The company faced intense regulatory scrutiny during cleanup and decontamination.

Blue Bell in July resumed production in Sylacauga, Alabama, with limited retail sales in August. Production later resumed in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas agency that investigates child abuse plans to lower the standard of evidence needed to substantiate a claim of abuse or neglect.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore told state lawmakers Tuesday that the agency will decrease the standard of evidence from “clear and convincing” to “preponderance of the evidence.”

The change will not constrain judges, who decide whether to remove a child from a home, but will make it easier for the agency to get individuals accused of abusing or neglecting a child onto a state registry. People placed on the registry are prohibited from working or living in a child care home or facility.

State Sen. Laura Kelly said she would like clear-cut examples of what difference the change in standard of evidence would have made in certain cases.