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Feb 7, 2024

KS AG Kobach seeks broad foreign land ownership restrictions | Kansas City Star

The ACLU of Kansas suggested the law may be unconstitutional and Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, campaign manager for New Frontiers, a southwest Kansas civic engagement group, said the proposed state council would...

Feb 5, 2024

Republicans Are Trying To Pass Laws That Define What It Means To Be ‘Male’ Or ‘Female’

“What they’re trying to do is excise transgender people from the protections of state code,” said Sharon Brett, an attorney at the ACLU of Kansas, referring to lawmakers in her state who passed a law last...

Transgender people are at risk of losing the ability to update their driver's licenses and IDs with new legislation that restricts definitions of sex.ILLUSTRATION:JIANAN LIU/HUFFPOST; PHOTO:GETTY IMAGES

Feb 2, 2024

Voting rights key for Kansas ACLU in election year

“Every day there are new attacks on voting rights in this country and Kansas is no exception,” Kubic stated. “Democracy is not just about voting rights. Democracy is the idea that everyone matters.”

Dr. Micah Kubic spoke at the Reno County Democrats’ monthly meeting at Hutchinson Community College. Kubic spoke on a number of issues concerning voting rights in the state. CREDIT GREG HOLMES

Jan 26, 2024

Kansas Highway Patrol troopers don’t use body cams. Agency wants funding to change that

Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, said body cameras would not fix the problems that came up in the two-step lawsuit, in which the ACLU represented motorists. However, he said cameras...

Acting Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent Erik Smith converses after his confirmation hearing before the Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee Wednesday. Andrew Bahl/The Topeka Capital-Journal Andrew Bahl/The Topeka Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

Jan 26, 2024

Medical marijuana action group meets at Kansas Statehouse to confront legislators

The ACLU noted that the criminalization of marijuana is a racial justice issue - especially in Kansas. This has disproportionately impacted Black Kansans, who ranked 12th in the nation for the largest...

KCTV Morning Headlines, Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Jan 23, 2024

Trio of Kansas groups call on 2024 Legislature to pass bill legalizing cannabis for medicinal use

Sharon Brett, legal director of ACLU of Kansas, said state government opposition to legal distribution of medical cannabis interfered with personal health care choices of Kansans and conflicted with polling...

Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, in a plant-oriented costume, contributed to a panel discussion about reasons for the 2024 Legislature to consider adopting a bill legalizing medical cannabis. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from online forum hosted by Kansas Cann