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Mar 4, 2022

Kansas Supreme Court rejects AG’s request to dismiss redistricting lawsuits in state courts

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts. The American Civil...

Connie Brown Collins, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident, holds her notes during a news conference to condemn the GOP-drawn congressional map on Jan. 24, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Mar 4, 2022

Kansas prisoners can’t vote, but some critics say they are gerrymandered anyway

The census defines a prisoner’s home address as the prison they are held at, but there is some effort to change that.

TOPEKA, Kansas — When a man from Wichita lands in a prison in Lansing, Kansas,...

The census defines a prisoner’s home address as the prison they are held at, but there is some effort to change that.

TOPEKA, Kansas — When a man from Wichita lands in a prison in Lansing, Kansas,...

Barbed wire fence with prison in background

Mar 4, 2022

State Supreme Court rules redistricting lawsuit can continue

“We’re obviously happy with this ruling,” said ACLU of Kansas Executive Director Micah Kubic. “Still, there’s a lot of work yet ahead of us in defending democracy and protecting the rights of Kansans,...

Feb 15, 2022

Democrats, ACLU sue over new Kansas congressional districts

Democrats, a civil rights group and a national elections watchdog filed two lawsuits Monday against Kansas officials over a Republican redistricting law that costs the state’s only Democrat in Congress some...

Feb 15, 2022

Youth justice advocacy coalition calls for Kansas panel to halt cycle of juvenile fines and fees

The Kansas Debt Free Justice Coalition, of which the ACLU of Kansas is a member, testified to advocate for the elimination of fines and fees in the juvenile justice system.

During a hearing on the elimination of juvenile fines and fees in the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, led by Rep. Stephen Owens, advocacy groups and those who had experienced youth criminal and court costs urged legislators to abolish bu

Feb 14, 2022

Voting rights groups launch court battle over new Kansas congressional map

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Loud Light filed two separate lawsuits Monday arguing the congressional map endorsed by a GOP supermajority in the Legislature intentionally violates...