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Dec 6, 2022

'Troubling and authoritarian': Kansas ACLU issues warning ahead of St. Marys library vote - Kansas Reflector

The ACLU urged the [St. Marys city] commissioners to drop their attempts at censoring the library in a letter sent to the commissioners Thursday, saying banning the proposed materials violated freedom of...

The ACLU urged the [St. Marys city] commissioners to drop their attempts at censoring the library in a letter sent to the commissioners Thursday, saying banning the proposed materials violated freedom of...

A Christmas village display is set up inside the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)
A Christmas village display is set up inside the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)
Dec 5, 2022

ACLU and Princeton hold forum highlighting role of clemency in reducing mass incarceration

The forum, Correcting Injustice: How Clemency Serves Justice and Strengthens Communities, evaluates ongoing work to reduce mass incarceration, how clemency has been used in the past by governors and...

The forum, Correcting Injustice: How Clemency Serves Justice and Strengthens Communities, evaluates ongoing work to reduce mass incarceration, how clemency has been used in the past by governors and...

Clemency Could Correct Injustice
Clemency Could Correct Injustice
Dec 3, 2022

‘Troubling and authoritarian’: Kansas ACLU issues warning ahead of St. Marys library vote

TOPEKA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has advised St. Marys city commissioners to renew the imperiled lease of their local public library, saying the officials are violating the Constitution...

TOPEKA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has advised St. Marys city commissioners to renew the imperiled lease of their local public library, saying the officials are violating the Constitution...

zoomed in photo on christmas display of a miniature village with quaint buildings and snow
zoomed in photo on christmas display of a miniature village with quaint buildings and snow
Nov 29, 2022

Wichita has spent $150,000 on legal fees in defense of police gang list

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The City of Wichita has paid a private law firm more than $150,000 in legal fees to defend itself from litigation over the police department’s use of a gang list.

The City of Wichita has paid a private law firm more than $150,000 in legal fees to defend itself from litigation over the police department’s use of a gang list.

gavel on top of money
gavel on top of money
Nov 23, 2022

ACLU urges St. Marys City Commission to drop censorship fight, fund library

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says it has called on the St. Marys City Commission to continue to fund the Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee Regional Library headquarters and abandon a proposed ban on...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says it has called on the St. Marys City Commission to continue to fund the Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee Regional Library headquarters and abandon a proposed ban on...

St. Marys library may be in jeopardy, lease set to end in December
St. Marys library may be in jeopardy, lease set to end in December
Nov 22, 2022

Alex Gino, author of book that sparked effort to close Kansas town's library, speaks out - Kansas Reflector

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas issued a statement in support of the library Wednesday, urging that the library continue to be funded and that the commission abandon the ban of these materials...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas issued a statement in support of the library Wednesday, urging that the library continue to be funded and that the commission abandon the ban of these materials...

St. Marys residents line the walls to listen to the discussion of the library’s lease renewal during a Nov. 15, 2022, city commission meeting. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)
St. Marys residents line the walls to listen to the discussion of the library’s lease renewal during a Nov. 15, 2022, city commission meeting. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)