The Kansas and Missouri ACLU affiliates and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons reached a settlement that will allow a newly admitted inmate to receive a drug used to treat opioid use disorder.

The Kansas and Missouri ACLU affiliates and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons have agreed to a continuance on a hearing scheduled for today to determine whether a newly admitted inmate can receive a drug used to treat opioid use disorder.

The Kansas and Missouri American Civil Liberties Union affiliates sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on September 6 on behalf of a newly admitted inmate who could die because prison officials prohibit a lifesaving drug used to treat his opioid addiction.

The ACLU of Kansas filed suit in U.S. District court Thursday in defense of environmental activists attacked in a baseless, retaliatory ‘consumer protection’ investigation last year by an official with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).

In a case harkening back to the draconian penalties of ancient Greece or the Old West, the ACLU of Kansas filed a motion Wednesday on behalf of a Southeast Kansas man prosecutors have “banished” from the state as a part of his plea agreement.

Nadine Farid Johnson, a former United States diplomat and constitutional law professor, will lead the ACLU of Kansas, the affiliate announced Monday (July 8). Johnson’s first day in the Overland Park office will be July 15.

As Americans prepare to celebrate their freedoms this July Fourth holiday, grassroots community leaders will be pressing Senate President Susan Wagle to support Election Day Registration (EDR) legislation next session as “the most patriotic thing a legislator could do.”

Lauren Bonds, executive director of The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, will convene a brief press conference immediately following tomorrow's hearing at the Topeka Federal Courthouse

The State of Kansas has settled an ACLU of Kansas lawsuit that will topple Medicaid program barriers preventing hepatitis C patients from receiving the treatment they need regardless of how much the disease has progressed.