News & Commentary
Jun 11, 2019
Shawnee Mission administration sends apology letters to student plaintiffs in 1st Amendment case
As part of compliance with the settlement agreement approved by a federal judge in April, the Shawnee Mission School District has issued letters of apology to students who sued the district last year for violating their 1st Amendment rights during the National School Walkout protests in spring 2018.
Jun 03, 2019
An administrator confiscated a student photojournalist’s camera. He may have broken the law.
The school district said in a statement that the parties have agreed to collaborate on First Amendment training for all district administrators, adopt policy language in the district that clarifies the First Amendment rights of student journalists.
May 09, 2019
Bonds hopes to promote civil rights in Hutchinson
Before Lauren Bonds became legal director of the ACLU of Kansas, then became interim director, before she went to law school and became a civil rights lawyer, she knew what discrimination was like in Hutchinson.
May 08, 2019
Q&A with ACLU’s Lauren Bonds
The American Civil Liberties Union is pursuing twice as many lawsuits in Kansas under legal director Lauren Bonds than before she arrived.
May 02, 2019
Kansas Legislature fails to override Kelly on vetoed abortion bill
“This law requires doctors to work against their own Hippocratic oath, and politicians should not be intruding on the doctor-patient relationship, inserting falsehoods in their crusade to violate women’s agency and reproductive freedoms,” said Letitia Harmon, policy director at the Kansas ACLU.
Apr 30, 2019
ACLU’s Bonds to speak Friday in Hutchinson
Lauren Bonds, legal director and interim executive director at ACLU Kansas, will be the guest speaker at 7 p.m. Friday during the May meeting of the Hutchinson NAACP in the Alumni Room at the Hutchinson Community College Student Center.
Apr 30, 2019
Kansas Medicaid patients can now get antiviral Hep-C drugs
“We are thrilled that our clients will get the help they need,” said Lauren Bonds, interim executive [director] of ACLU of Kansas.
Apr 24, 2019
Under pressure, Kansas relaxes statehouse protest rules for upcoming veto session
After drawing criticism for the removal of three college students last month, officials in the Kansas Statehouse have agreed to allow small, non-disruptive protests during next month’s legislative veto session.
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