By supporting SB 175, the Kansas Legislature has signaled that it not only tolerates but embraces and encourages discrimination against Kansans – based on race, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or any other category one can imagine. 

HB 2612 is discriminatory in its intent and its impact. The bill would deny public services to individuals residing in Kansas based simply on who they are and where they come from. Such discrimination is illegal, unconstitutional, contrary to the core values that we hold as Kansans and Americans.

Kansans trying to register to vote at their state Department of Motor Vehicles offices are illegally being forced to provide additional documentation of citizenship, according to a new lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

On Monday, Brian Newby, the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) suddenly, unilaterally, and illegally decided to issue letters adding “proof of citizenship” requirements to federal voter registration forms used in Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia.

It should have become obvious to legislators during last year’s session that tossing teachers into jail just for teaching classic literature or health is a bad idea, hurts Kansas students, and raises serious constitutional issues to boot.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called on lawmakers to quickly consider a new, bipartisan bill introduced today that would allow eligible Kansans to register and vote on Election Day.

A state court has struck down Kansas' two-tiered voter registration system, ruling that Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office overstepped its legal authority by creating a system that prevents federal form registrants from voting in state and local elections.

The governor's decision to issue this executive order is badly wrong - because it blames refugees for the terror from which they are fleeing, because it betrays Kansas values of hospitality and compassion, and because it is flies in the face of the laws of this country.

A broad and diverse coalition of Kansas organizations is voicing its opposition to a proposal being considered by the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners to ask patients at the county’s public health clinic about their immigration status prior to delivering services.