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Apr 17, 2024

Hundreds of signatures in favor of Fort Hays State polling location sent to Ellis County clerk • Kansas Reflector

On Tuesday, Madison Albers, a student at Fort Hays State and co-chair of the American Democracy Project, along with others involved in the polling place effort, delivered 480 signatures in support of the...

Madison Albers, a student at Fort Hays State University and co-chair of the American Democracy Project, is fighting for an on-campus polling place. (Allie Utley/ACLU of Kansas)

Apr 16, 2024

Kansas Highway Patrol ordered to pay more than $2M for ‘two-step’ approach

The judgment stems from a 2019 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the KHP over its “two-step” approach. That’s where troopers pull someone over, and then seek to reengage the driver...

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Apr 15, 2024

KHP ordered to pay plaintiffs $2.3 million for unconstitutional 'Kansas two-step' traffic policy • Kansas Reflector

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.34 million in attorney fees and other costs following a successful challenge to constitutionality of the state law enforcement agency’...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.3 million in legal costs to ACLU of Kansas and a law firm that represented plaintiffs who successfully challenged constitutionality of a KHP’s “Kansas two-step” drug-enforcement polic

Apr 13, 2024

Kansas governor vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care; GOP vows override - The Washington Post

“We cannot overstate the harm this bill will cause to some of our most vulnerable Kansas children and their families,” D.C. Hiegert, LGBTQ+ fellow of the ACLU of Kansas, said in a statement after the veto...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, shown in March, vetoed a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal/AP)

Apr 13, 2024

Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming trans youth care ban - ABC News

"In addition to depriving parents and families of medical freedom, this bill actually punishes teachers, doctors, nurses, and more for just doing their jobs by respecting and supporting Kansas kids,...

Apr 12, 2024

Kansas lawmakers could override veto of ban on gender-affirming care

"This bill attacks parents' rights to access life-saving healthcare for their kids and threatens Kansas medical providers. And it is written so broadly, it could impact spaces like schools, therapist...

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths, saying it "tramples parental rights." Will Republicans override her? January File Photo/The Capital-Journal