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Apr 15, 2024

KHP ordered to pay plaintiffs $2.3 million for unconstitutional 'Kansas two-step' traffic policy • Kansas Reflector

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.34 million in attorney fees and other costs following a successful challenge to constitutionality of the state law enforcement agency’...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.3 million in legal costs to ACLU of Kansas and a law firm that represented plaintiffs who successfully challenged constitutionality of a KHP’s “Kansas two-step” drug-enforcement polic

Apr 13, 2024

Kansas governor vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care; GOP vows override - The Washington Post

“We cannot overstate the harm this bill will cause to some of our most vulnerable Kansas children and their families,” D.C. Hiegert, LGBTQ+ fellow of the ACLU of Kansas, said in a statement after the veto...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, shown in March, vetoed a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal/AP)

Apr 13, 2024

Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming trans youth care ban - ABC News

"In addition to depriving parents and families of medical freedom, this bill actually punishes teachers, doctors, nurses, and more for just doing their jobs by respecting and supporting Kansas kids,...

Apr 12, 2024

Kansas lawmakers could override veto of ban on gender-affirming care

"This bill attacks parents' rights to access life-saving healthcare for their kids and threatens Kansas medical providers. And it is written so broadly, it could impact spaces like schools, therapist...

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths, saying it "tramples parental rights." Will Republicans override her? January File Photo/The Capital-Journal

Apr 9, 2024

Kansas is playing with fire when it comes to mandatory age verification for porn sites

“Senate Bill 394 absolutely does not give license to any state actors to broadly censor LGBTQ+ expression,” Micah Kubic—the executive director of the ACLU of Kansas—told The Pitch in their emailed remarks...

Falling in line with recent legislation in other states, the regulations around web access in Kansas present a slippery slope. // Adobe

Apr 9, 2024

Settlement changing criteria, adding oversight to Wichita Police Department’s ‘gang list’

The color of someone’s clothes, the events they attend, and the people they hang out with can no longer be reasons to add them to the Wichita Police Department’s “gang list.” On Tuesday, the Wichita City...