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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Shawnee Mission School District settles lawsuit

The Shawnee Mission School District has settled a lawsuit filed against them by the ACLU.

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Judge clears way for lawsuit by Muslim engineer against Spirit Boeing employees group

A judge has rejected a move by Spirit Boeing Employees Association seeking to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a Muslim aerospace engineer alleging discrimination stemming from a party at a Kansas lake.

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Agency investigating months after Tonganoxie police cuff black man moving into own house

On Monday, Robinson and his attorney with the ACLU, Lauren Bonds, met with representatives from the Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training (CPOST), an oversight agency that the Kansas Attorney General's Office appointed to investigate after the ACLU filed a complaint.

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ACLU of Kansas sues state officials over removal of pro-medicaid banners

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has filed a lawsuit defending three Kansas State University students who were kicked out of the State Capitol last week after unfurling four “bloody” banners calling for Medicaid expansion.

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ACLU calls on Kansas to end ‘misery’ of Crosscheck voter registration system

The American Civil Liberties Union in Kansas is renewing calls to accelerate the “long, agonizing death” of the Crosscheck voter registration system and put the program “out of its misery.”

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House investigating voter irregularities in Kansas, Texas

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters seeking communications related to the decision by Ford County, Kansas, to move the only Dodge City polling site outside of city limits for the 2018 midterm elections.

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Kansas man’s ‘moving while black’ case awaits police commission investigation

“If a police station or police department isn’t collecting this information, there is no way to track if they do have problems and if there are people complaining,” said Lauren Bonds, the interim Executive Director and Legal Director of the Kansas ACLU.

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Shawnee Mission agrees to apologize, reform in settling ACLU free-speech lawsuit

The settlement has been signed by School Board President Brad Stratton and the students’ representatives. But it must be finalized by a judge before the district or the ACLU will comment on the terms.

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