Kansas judge issues injunction blocking new federal anti-discrimination rules in education

TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction directly applicable in Kansas and three other states that blocked Biden administration rules deepening anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students and broadening the definition of sexual harassment at college and schools.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach argued the case last month in Wichita on behalf of special-interest groups with members in Alaska, Utah, Wyoming and Kansas interested in derailing the...