By Ella Lubell Jigisha Modi and Jignesh Biscuitwala are a married couple who together run Miracle Eyebrows, an eyebrow threading business with locations in Olathe and Shawnee, Kansas. Struggling to find potential employees, they hoped to hire Jignesh's mother, Jyotsna Biscuitwala, to come work for the...
Legislature Vindicates KJI’s Call to Action May 3, 2021 – Douglas County business owner, Peach Madl, dismissed her lawsuit advocating for business owners’ right to an immediate due process hearing when impacted by a local health order. The Douglas County Health Officer previously created a bar curfew regime...
County exempts churches from mass gathering mandate By Kathy Hageman, Reflector-Chronicle Dickinson County churches now can return to full capacity after the Dickinson County Commission exempted religious institutions and organizations from the mass gathering requirements included in the recent public health order approved last week. Commissioners approved...
Dickinson County Local Health Order amended after found to be in violation of religious freedoms By Becky Goff DICKINSON COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) - Following the request of the Kansas Justice Institute, a Dickinson County Health order from December 2020 which included strict rules for religious establishments, was...
Kansas Justice Institute applauds Dickinson County after quick amendment of unconstitutional health order February 4 – A Dickinson County Health order that previously placed strict occupancy rules for religious establishments was challenged by Kansas Justice Institute and was amended earlier today. County leaders helped restore religious freedoms...
By Daryl James/Special to Gannett Kansas Indian immigrant Jyotsna Biscuitwala has a job waiting for her at Miracle Eyebrows inside the Walmart Supercenters in Olathe and Shawnee. She is highly qualified and eager to work. Using nothing but a single strand of cotton thread, she can...
By Brad Cooper/ Sunflower State Journal A Johnson County cosmetologist and her family are suing the state Cosmetology Board over what they say are excessive regulations for eyebrow threading. Jigisha Modi, her husband and mother in law filed a lawsuit last week in Shawnee County alleging that state regulations...
Kansas Justice Institute defends the right to earn an honest living in Kansas OLATHE, KS. – Kansas Justice Institute partnered with three entrepreneurs to fight back against unreasonable occupational licensing requirements. In Kansas, it is a crime to remove eyebrow hair with a piece of cotton...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATE: Kansas Justice Institute Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Bar Curfew Case Lawrence Small Business Owner Continues Suit For Due Process Rights October 22 – Peach Madl, owner of The Sandbar in Lawrence, and Kansas Justice Institute filed a motion today for a preliminary injunction to provide...
HAYS POST Posted Oct 12, 2020 7:00 PM LAWRENCE, Kan. – A Lawrence-Douglas County local health officer, updated an emergency order requiring restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol at 11:00 p.m. and to close their doors at midnight, regardless of the establishment’s existing COVID mitigation procedures and protocols. Peach...