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Mar 13, 2023

Statehouse scraps: Big support for voting rights, transgender ban numbers, homelessness bill paused - Kansas Reflector

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas released a poll on voting rights Friday. The civil rights advocacy group found that 70% of Kansans support measures to make voting easier, rather than adding additional restrictions.

Kansas Reflector opinion editor Clay Wirestone works Thursday at the Statehouse in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
Dec 08, 2022

ACLU of Kansas wants U.S. Supreme Court to ditch state's congressional map over race

The civil rights group argues the Kansas Supreme Court incorrectly interpreted federal law when it ruled race wasn’t a factor in the map drawn by the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature.The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas wants the U.S. Supreme Court to force the redrawing on Kansas congressional districts, arguing the state’s high court didn’t account for racial bias.

Sharon Brett Legal Director
Nov 29, 2022

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

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