Both houses of the Kansas Legislature have voted again this year’s session to pass an extreme bill that bans access to healthcare for transgender youth and that potentially censors a wide variety of conduct by state employees that could intrude into schools, therapist offices, and state agencies.

The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill eliminating the mail processing window for mail-in ballots, which would silence thousands of rural, disabled, and elderly Kansas voters.

The Kansas Court of Appeals will consider whether Kansans should be able to change their gender markers on their driver’s licenses for the duration of litigation in Kansas v. Harper.

A proposed bill that would eliminate the 3-day window for mail ballot processing would disenfranchise thousands of rural, disabled, and elderly Kansas voters.

The final day of hearings in a sweeping challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty in Kansas and the practice of death qualification will conclude on Wednesday, January 8.  

New documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union reveal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is actively considering proposals to expand its immigration detention capacity in Kansas as well as California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington state.

This Monday, the Kansas Department of Disability and Aging Services announced a historic settlement with the National Police Accountability Project and the ACLU of Kansas to reduce the wait times for people awaiting competency evaluations and restoration services at Larned State Hospital.

The statewide, nonpartisan Election Protection program responding to voter issues in Kansas will enter its seventh year this election. 

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas finds that a shockingly large number of Kansans—nearly 85,000, or 1 in every 35 people in the state, are returning citizens who have completed sentences for past felonies and are eligible to register and vote under Kansas law.