Tag: Kansas Open Records Act
USD 434 Santa Fe Trail seems in violation of building needs assessments law
Unified School District 434 Santa Fe Trail appears to be in violation of state law K.S.A. 72-1163, which requires local…
USD 233 Olathe surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials
After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USS 233 Olathe finally sent the records they…
Attorney files KORA complaint against Republic County over wind issues
An attorney for concerned landowners in Republic County, opposed to wind farm development by NextEra energy, has filed a Kansas…
Kansas Supreme Court: KORA requires production of electronic records
A recent Kansas Supreme Court decision has put public records custodians on notice — under the Kansas Open Records Act…
AFPF-Kansas files open records complaint against Commerce Department
More than a year ago, Americans For Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF-Kansas) filed a series of Open Records Act requests with the…
Kansas Open Records exemption allows elected officials to avoid scrutiny
Changes to the Kansas Open Records Act intended to close a loophole preventing the use of private emails to circumvent…
Trust Kansas Coalition files open meetings complaint against Gov. Kelly
A public-interest group in Kansas is accusing Governor Laura Kelly and her administration of violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act.…
School districts use ‘go-away’ prices on records requests to avoid transparency
Fox News reports that parents across the country pursuing transparency are being charged exorbitant amounts by school districts in response…
Kansas Press Association hopes to curb open records costs
With little incentive to be transparent, the state and some local governing bodies often fight Kansas Open Records Act requests…
KORA complaint forces Montgomery County to release 2020 payroll
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story had lower total pay for Charlotte Scott Schmidt and Nancy Clubine. In…
How some government officials circumvent Open Records requests
The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) declares, “It is the public policy of Kansas that public records shall be open…
Trustees: Butler County Community College fails transparency test
ELDORADO — Two Butler County Community College trustees say they routinely have trouble getting information to which they are entitled.…
Governor Kelly ignores Majority Leader’s COVID transparency request
Don’t expect additional COVID transparency from the State of Kansas any time soon. Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, (R-Wichita),…
City of Frontenac violated Kansas Open Records Act, AG’s office finds
In a 17-page finding, the Kansas Attorney General’s Office last week concluded that the City of Frontenac violated the Kansas…