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Mar 12, 2024

‘An attack:’ Kansas lawmakers advance ban on gender affirming care for trans minors

Kansas Republicans advanced a sweeping bill Tuesday banning hormone therapy and gender transition surgeries in minors, the latest in a multi-year effort on the right to regulate the lives of transgender...

Mar 11, 2024

Kansas judge says barring driver's license changes doesn't violate rights

A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn't violating transgender residents' rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities.

Mar 11, 2024

Transgender Kansans can't change gender markers on drivers licenses

Transgender Kansans will continue to be denied gender marker changes to their drivers licenses after a judge in Topeka sided with Attorney General Kris Kobach as Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Gov. Laura Kelly's administration over SB 180, and a Shawnee County judge on Monday sided with Kobach. Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal

Mar 7, 2024

Kansans must be as relentless in preserving voting rights as extremists are at attacking them • Kansas Reflector

Democracy should not be a partisan matter — it’s the very foundation that ensures each Kansas voter can have a voice in the laws and policies affecting their lives. The election process is the single most...

Kansas voters cast their early ballots Oct. 25, 2022, at the Shawnee County Election Office in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Mar 5, 2024

ACLU of Kansas applauds lawmakers for rejection of anti-voting bill

The ACLU of Kansas announced that a series of anti-voting proposals hit a pause on Tuesday, March 5, as legislators rejected Senate Bill 365, which initially sought to end the 3-day grace period for the...

KCTV5's Janae' Hancock has the top headlines for the afternoon of March 5, 2024.

Mar 5, 2024

Dodge City goes to trial over voting system

The American Civil Liberties Union claims Dodge City is violating federal voting laws by making it impossible for the Hispanic and Latino communities to elect someone to the city commission that truly...

A trial wrapped up on Friday to see if Dodge City violates federal voting laws by having an at-large voting system.