The ACLU of Kansas and the Campaign Legal Center, along with pro bono assistance from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map, claiming it is a partisan and racial gerrymander.

In a victory for plaintiffs, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas denied significant portions of the City of Wichita’s motion to dismiss the class-action lawsuit challenging Wichita’s “Gang List.”

Dr. Micah W. Kubic, who grew the ACLU of Kansas from a three-person team to a 15-member major player in state politics, will return to Kansas after a roughly three-year stint as the head of the ACLU’s Florida affiliate.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas has changed its policy that forced people seeking gender-affirming surgery to legally change their name before the insurance giant would cover the surgery.

Once here, Hiegert will provide direct representation, community education, and policy advocacy for LGBTQ+ Kansans to enforce, strengthen, and expand existing state and federal legal protections and increase awareness of these protections.

A ruling this week that Secretary of State Scott Schwab did not violate the state’s open records law by deliberately disabling his own database, could set a troubling standard, said the Legal Director for the ACLU of Kansas.

Kansans have additional opportunities to register to vote or update their voter registrations through two government agency offices across the state, thanks to an agreement between a coalition of civil rights agencies and the State of Kansas.