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Nov 15, 2023

Groups call for DOJ probe into Wyandotte County prosecutors | The Kansas City Star

Groups that sent the letter, including the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity (MORE2) and the ACLU of Kansas, asked for a meeting with DOJ officials this month or next to “make the case” for...

Spencer Webster, attorney for Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity (MORE2), speaks during a press conference at Grandview Park Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Kansas City, Kansas. MORE2 called on the U.S. Department of Justi

Nov 9, 2023

Kansas abortion ruling could extend to civil rights broadly | The Wichita Eagle

“When we’re talking about something like autonomy and dignity and privacy those are pretty expansive rights and government intrusion on those rights should have a high level of scrutiny to ensure there is...

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles questions Kansas Solicitor General Anthony Powell presented during oral arguments on abortion earlier this year. (Pool Photo by Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal) Read more at: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-go

Nov 6, 2023

Transgender Kansans Can Vote Amid Ongoing Legal Challenge to Anti-Trans Law | Truthout

The ACLU of Kansas, representing five transgender Kansans who want to get or keep a driver’s license that matches their gender identity, has intervened in this lawsuit. “Mr. Kobach’s actions demonstrate a...

Voters cast their ballots at Heritage Hall on November 8, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas.

Nov 6, 2023

Students, county clerk embroiled in monthslong clash over Fort Hays polling location - Kansas Reflector

“Ms. Dreiling has for months been disappointingly dismissive of the need for an accessible polling location as repeatedly stated by many of the Hays voters she serves,” said Micah Kubic, executive director...

In Fort Hays, a monthslong clash over a community polling place continues before the election this month. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Nov 3, 2023

Transgender voters can use Kansas IDs while courts decide SB 180 case

Last month, the ACLU of Kansas sent a letter to local election officials urging them to allow transgender people to vote, regardless of the gender marker on their driver's licenses and other forms of ID....

Transgender voters will be allowed to vote with their Kansas driver's license or other state-issued ID while gender markers remain a subject of a Shawnee County lawsuit. May 5 File Photo/The Topeka Capital-Journal

Nov 3, 2023

Kansans support cash bail, medical marijuana and possession reforms

From cash bail, to eliminating juvenile fines and fees to legalized medical marijuana, Kansans want change in our criminal justice system. Kansas voters are increasingly uninspired by legislators’...

Stethoscope and medical marijuana on clipboard