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In May, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas asked the Shawnee Mission board of education to halt its practice of telling patrons not to mention district employees by name during board meeting open forums. Instead, the board of education just adopted a new open forum policy that expands its restrictions on “inappropriate” comments beyond those that mention individual employees. Now, patrons can’t mention elected members of the board, either.

We call on the Shawnee Mission School District to appoint an independent investigator to explore racial harassment allegations against Shawnee Mission South basketball coach Brett McFall.

“Who is Kris Kobach?” Kubic asks, repeatedly and with relish.

 A Muslim student athlete who refused to observe the national anthem for religious reasons at a basketball game in Kansas has been kicked off the team following altercations with a team supporter, who accused him of disrespecting the American flag, and a coach.

The American Civil Liberties Union wants to know why a student athlete at Garden City Community College was kicked off the basketball team after he continued shooting baskets during the playing of the national anthem.

“It’s something about Kansas; I don’t know what it is exactly. But Kansas is overly worried about information becoming public," said Doug Bonney, Legal Director Emeritus of the ACLU of Kansas. “If it’s not the least transparent state in the Union, it’s close to it.”

Rasool Samir, a former student-athlete at Garden City Community College, was dismissed from the school's basketball team after failing to stand for the national anthem at a game on November 1.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge given the final go-ahead to a settlement in the lawsuit filed against the Wilson County sheriff over his jail's policy of allowing inmates to receive and send only postcards in the mail.

When Diana tried to go to a community college in Missouri, she was turned down.