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Jul 24, 2023

State troopers searched a Black driver for drugs. He sued and won. - The Washington Post

Kansas trooper Brandon McMillan pulled Bosire over for driving seven miles per hour over the speed limit, according to court documents. What happened next is an example of a policing practice known as the...

Jul 24, 2023

‘The KHP waged war’: Federal judge orders end of Kansas trooper 'two-step' maneuver - Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Highway Patrol has been ordered to stop its infamous “two-step” technique by a federal judge, in what the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas calls a “huge win” for all motorists using state...

The Kansas Highway Patrol has been ordered to end the two-step practice. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

Jul 21, 2023

Transgender Kansans to remain unable to change their driver's license

"I think it's important to remember that these lawsuits impact people," said Sharon Brett, the ACLU's legal director. "They have impact on people's health and safety and livelihood and dignity and privacy....

Transgender Kansans will remain unable to change the gender marker on their driver's license for at least the next few months. Andrew Bahl/The Topeka Capital-Journal

Jul 21, 2023

Kansas' attorney general wants to keep trans people from intervening in his lawsuit over state IDs - ABC News

“When we’re trying to make this about something very simple like statutory interpretation, what we’re doing is ignoring the reality that transgender Kansans are going to face every single day in this state...

This image from the Kansas Department of Revenue shows a sample driver's license issued by the state's Division of Vehicles, first produced in June 2021. A new Kansas law will prevent transgender people from changing the l...Show more The Associated Press

Jul 18, 2023

Kansas Voting Could Be Easier

What the report found is that no counties utilize the entire early voting period allowed by Kansas law; most counties offer very little flexibility in the hours when voting is available; and only 22...

Among the finds of a ACLU of Kansas, knowing they’ll have to wait a long time keeps voters away from the polls, with the polls with the least voters assigned to them having the largest percentage voter turnout

Jul 17, 2023

Federal Public Defender - Kansas: Devastating Budget Cuts

This is a tough thread to write. Federal public defense is facing devastating budget cuts for FY 2024, following House and Senate appropriation marks. If unchanged, we will be seriously underfunded....

Federal public defense is facing devastating budget cuts for FY 2024, following House and Senate appropriation marks. If unchanged, we will be seriously underfunded.