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“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.

A coalition of social justice groups is pushing for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County to become the first government in the Kansas City area to issue municipal identification cards to residents.

We're hitting the road! In early November, we'll be traveling across the state to meet Kansans committed to fighting for a better future. On our We the People tour, we'll give you the latest on civil liberty issues in our state and teach you how you can make a difference in your own community.

Quoting Dale Ho, Director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, Kansas Public Radio covers the launch of the national Let People Vote campaign and the Kansas Coalition for Citizen Participation.

An editorial in the Wichita Eagle today discusses the ACLU's new grassroots campaign, Let People Vote, and the measures we plan to take to increase citizen participation in our elections.

The Kansas City Star Editorial Board examines what must be done to increase participation in our elections--and how the ACLU of Kansas and the Kansas Coalition for Citizen Participation aim to do it.