Associated Press: The Kansas Supreme Court is taking over two appeals filed in lower courts contesting the state’s denial of an air-quality permit for two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas. Chief Justice Kay McFarland signed an order Tuesday transferring to the high court cases filed with the state Court of Appeals and Finney County District Court by Sunflower Electric Power Corp. The appeals seek to overturn a decision by Rod Bremby, secretary of health and environment, to …