The ACLU of Kansas commends Gov. Colyer’s executive order to ban the box on applications for public employment statewide.

Today, the ACLU of Kansas launched You Make the Case, an initiative to educate Kansans on the most powerful person in the criminal justice system: the local prosecutor.

A federal trial begins March 6 in Fish v. Kobach, which centers on a law crafted by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that illegally mandates documentary proof of citizenship (such as a passport) to register to vote, with the aim of making it harder for people to vote.

The ACLU of Kansas today announced the filing of a class action complaint on behalf of Kansas Medicaid beneficiaries infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV).

It is our hope that in setting a new tone in Topeka, Gov. Colyer will take steps to actively defend the values of freedom, justice, and equality that make Kansas the Free State.

The American Civil Liberties Union won an early victory today in its federal lawsuit arguing that a Kansas law requiring a high school educator to certify that she won’t boycott Israel violates her First Amendment rights.

Kansans deserve far better than the endless attacks on civil liberties that Gov. Brownback has launched over his past seven years in office. We urge Lt. Gov. Colyer to seize this opportunity to turn our state in a more promising direction...

If we are to create a healthy democracy in Kansas, we must cut the red tape and remove the bureaucratic hurdles that prevent tens of thousands of citizens from making their voices heard.

A federal court ruled that trial is slated to begin on March 6 in the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge to voting obstacles in Kansas. The case is Fish v. Kobach.