Press Releases

ACLU of Kansas welcomes recipient of prestigious Skadden Fellowship winner, D.C. Hiegert, to the staff for a two-year term

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.

Ruling in voting rights case likely sets dangerous precedent allowing Sec. of State to not release public information

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.

Through deal struck with Kansas government, registering to vote will be that much easier 

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.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Judge tosses summary judgment motion in latest action in KHP ‘Kansas Two-Step’ case

A federal District Court Judge held that there are significant facts in dispute regarding two stops conducted by Kansas Highway Patrol troopers, a move allowing the ACLU’s case accusing the agency of unlawful detentions and canine searches to proceed.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform
Court Cases: Shaw v. Jones

North Lyon County School District commits to reforms following illegal punishment of student because of her sexual orientation

Officials from the North Lyon County School District notified the ACLU of Kansas of its intention to implement several reforms following a January incident in which a 14-year-old student suffered discrimination on a school bus.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Kansas says Lyon County school district punished student for stating her identity

The ACLU of Kansas has sent a letter to the North Lyon County school district notifying officials there that a principal and bus driver violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and a student’s Constitutional rights on a school bus.

Gov. Kelly releases three ACLU of Kansas Clemency Project clients, paving the way for many more such releases

In a historic move the ACLU of Kansas hopes will normalize the use of executive clemency, Governor Laura Kelly today released three affiliate clients from various state prisons via commutation.

After ACLU of Kansas warning, UberEats updates trans driver’s information; company commits to do more to help trans employees

Hours after the ACLU of Kansas warned UberEats to resolve a potentially dangerous problem with its app, the company publicly apologized, appropriately updated our trans client’s app identity, and shared several of its remedial corporate initiatives.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Kansas intervenes on behalf of UberEats driver forced to out himself as trans

The ACLU of Kansas has warned UberEats, one of the nation’s premiere food delivery services, to resolve a potentially dangerous problem for trans drivers that exists within the app.