ACLU of Kansas in the News

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Apr 17, 2025

Former corrections workers battle CoreCivic opening Leavenworth ICE detention center

Criminal Legal Reform
Esmie Tseng, spokeswoman for ACLU of Kansas, said the Thursday press conference was a way to keep the issue in front of the Leavenworth community. Although organizations put the event together, she said it’s...
Esmie Tseng, spokeswoman for ACLU of Kansas, said the Thursday press conference was a way to keep the issue in front of the Leavenworth community. Although organizations put the event together, she said it’s...
CoreCivic
CoreCivic
Apr 17, 2025

Wyandotte County judge dismisses death penalty challenge on procedural grounds

Criminal Legal Reform
The constitutional challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations came to an end once their clients accused of capital crimes no longer faced the ultimate punishment.
The constitutional challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations came to an end once their clients accused of capital crimes no longer faced the ultimate punishment.
death penalty
death penalty
Apr 16, 2025

Kansas judge tosses death penalty challenge but says capital punishment is flawed

Criminal Legal Reform
The American Civil Liberties Union and other national legal groups have awaited the ruling since October, when they filed legal challenges in Kansas against the death penalty and a practice called death...
The American Civil Liberties Union and other national legal groups have awaited the ruling since October, when they filed legal challenges in Kansas against the death penalty and a practice called death...
death penalty
death penalty
Apr 15, 2025

‘Anguish and anxiety’: KC nonprofits fear future amid federal cuts

Over 200 people from dozens of nonprofits showed up to the Convention Center Tuesday to share ideas. The group heard from United Way of Kansas City’s President, the Executive Director of ACLU Kansas, leaders...
Over 200 people from dozens of nonprofits showed up to the Convention Center Tuesday to share ideas. The group heard from United Way of Kansas City’s President, the Executive Director of ACLU Kansas, leaders...
nonprofits
nonprofits
Apr 14, 2025

Kansas is getting controversial new laws for fetal tax exemptions and ultrasound videos in schools

Reproductive Freedom
A coalition of six advocacy groups, including the ACLU of Kansas, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes and Loud Light Civic Action, issued a joint statement last month warning that the law threatens Kansans’...
A coalition of six advocacy groups, including the ACLU of Kansas, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes and Loud Light Civic Action, issued a joint statement last month warning that the law threatens Kansans’...
Abortion
Abortion
Apr 14, 2025

Why legalizing weed in Kansas isn’t working

Criminal Legal Reform
Advocates for weed, like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and opponents of legalization, like the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Kansas Office of the Attorney General, continue to clash...
Advocates for weed, like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and opponents of legalization, like the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Kansas Office of the Attorney General, continue to clash...
marijuana
marijuana