# Small Kansas town agrees to pay $850,000 to settle former reporter’s lawsuit over police raid

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- CNN, 2026-08-16 02:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/15/us/kansas-newspaper-raid-lawsuits?Date=20260816&Profile=CNN

> A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to settle her federal lawsuit over a 2023 police raid on the paper’s offices. The raid sparked a national uproar over press freedom.