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Mar 5, 2024

Lawsuit against Dodge City’s voting districts could affect other Kansas communities

The lawsuit, filed in 2022 by ACLU Kansas and other voting rights groups on behalf of two Dodge City voters, argues that Dodge City’s at-large voting system violates federal voting rights law because it...

Mar 4, 2024

Federal judge to rule on Dodge City Latino voting rights lawsuit

“This case really goes to the heart of how American representation should work,” plaintiff’s attorney Jonathan Blackman said in his closing argument. “We’re talking about protecting the right and ability of...

In December 2022, ACLU Kansas and other voting rights groups filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming that Latinos would overwhelmingly back other Latinos for seats on the City Commission but are restrained by an at-large system that favors white voters

Mar 4, 2024

NAACP to host ACLU Kansas Executive Director

The Hutchinson Chapter of the NAACP will host Dr. Micah Kubic on Thursday evening, March 7th, 2024 as their featured speaker.

Mar 2, 2024

KS hearing on transgender kids was harmful and unnecessary | Wichita Eagle

In the latest installment of I Watch This Stuff So You Don’t Have To: Today, we’re looking at Thursday’s informational hearing on a bill pending in the Kansas Legislature that seeks to ban gender-affirming...

D.C. Hiegert, a transgender individual and ACLU lawyer, speaks against a bill to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors. Kansas Legislature

Mar 1, 2024

Kansas Republicans push to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors, label it abusive

D.C. Hiegert, an attorney at the ACLU of Kansas, said the proposals were among the largest and most harmful anti-trans bills that had ever been introduced in Kansas.

Sign reading, "It's NOT a trans Person's fault if lawmakers don't understand their life."

Feb 27, 2024

Kansas can help juveniles trapped in cycle of crime, poverty | Kansas City Star

Recently, the Kansas Legislature introduced House Bill 2568, which would end the practice of assessing fees and fines to people moving through the state’s juvenile justice system. As I know firsthand, this...

A bill in the Legislature could lift a financial burden that holds young people back when they leave the criminal justice system. Bigstock Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article285938331.html#storylink=c