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Feb 18, 2025

Kansas Republicans override the governor and ban gender-affirming care for minors

D.C. Hiegert, a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said GOP lawmakers are out of step with most Kansans on the issue. “It's just really frustrating to see a small amount of...

Feb 18, 2025

Trans minors in Kansas will no longer have access to care after Legislature overrides veto

In a joint press release, Loud Light, the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action and several other pro-LGBTQ+ rights groups condemned the veto override and vowed to connect trans youth and their families...

Feb 16, 2025

'Trepidation and fear': How Topekans are handling changing immigration climate

"There are millions of people whose parents and grandparents were born in this country but born of immigrant parents," Kubic said. "So, the citizenship of millions and millions more people could...

Feb 11, 2025

Legal groups and ACLU decry proposed partisan elections of Kansas Supreme Court

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called a proposed constitutional amendment that reforms the state's Supreme Court to directly elect justices a "blatant power grab" in light of past...

Feb 11, 2025

Republicans push election of justices, politicizing the Kansas Supreme Court process. | Opinion

On Monday, the ACLU of Kansas called the new proposal a “power grab” by “increasingly radicalized Kansas politicians.”

Feb 8, 2025

Kansas ACLU concerned about ICE's plans for Leavenworth detention center

The director of the Kansas ACLU says more people need to be aware of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's proposal to open a privately-run detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas.