ACLU Kansas

Kansas legislators passed a law this year that bans gender-affirming treatments for young transgender people. Plaintiffs say it violates fundamental rights in the state constitution.

A Wyandotte County judge agreed with criticisms of the death penalty, but he said the case was invalid because both defendants no longer face capital punishment.

After several years of failed attempts, Kansas Republican lawmakers mustered the votes necessary to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto and force a gender-affirming care ban for minors into law.

Quindaro in Wyandotte County was once a thriving, multiracial community, inextricably linked to the region’s history before, during and after the Civil War. This week, the ACLU of Kansas is releasing a carefully curated, more than 40-page analysis of the former township.

A few days before the November midterm election, Alejandro Rangel-Lopez turned 18.But before he cast that first ballot, local election officials moved…