A federal judge declined to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by a former candidate for mayor of Kansas City, Mo., against a Lenexa woman appointed to Kansas' medical regulatory board by Gov. Sam Brownback.
U.S. District Court Judge Carlos Murguia rejected a motion by attorneys for defendant Anne Hodgdon to toss a suit brought by Clay Chastain, the high-profile proponent of mass transit who lost a mayoral race in 2015.