Kansas congressman blamed voter registration issue on staff

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor says that a freshman Kansas congressman misled a sheriff’s detective by blaming staff for a problem with his state voter registration form that  led to three felony criminal charges. Republican Rep. Steve Watkins listed a Topeka UPS Inc. store postal box as his residence for voter registration purposes for more than three months starting in late August 2019. The charges against him in Shawnee County include hampering law enforcement by providing