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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A Topeka district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kris Kobach to force Kansas to turn over data associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

District Court Judge Teresa Watson granted a request to dismiss the lawsuit against Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard on Sept. 29. Kobach initially filed the lawsuit on Sept. 8 in an attempt to force Howard and Kelly to turn over data related to the SNAP program requested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Watson dismissed the suit's request for mandamus and injunctive relief. These requests in Kobach's suit were meant to compel Kelly and Howard to provide the USDA w

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