Senator-elect agrees to pay fine for campaign mailers
Democratic state Sen.-elect Patrick Schmidt of Topeka has agreed to pay a $500 fine as part of a consent order entered into with the...
Wagle-Hensley bill expanding lobbyist law clears committee
A Senate committee on Thursday approved legislation expanding lobbying laws to cover the executive and judicial branches.
The legislation, backed by Senate President Susan Wagle and...
Expanded lobbying law moves forward in Senate
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a major piece of government transparency legislation despite criticism that it would increase the amount of money...
Ethics commission amasses more than $300,000 in legal bills from investigations
The state ethics commission has amassed legal bills exceeding $300,000 after a Shawnee County judge awarded legal fees to the chief of staff of...
ACLU digging in on politicians’ blocked social media accounts
President Donald Trump's been sued for it.
So has the governor of Maryland.
And so has the governor of Kentucky.
A Florida lawmaker is facing similar litigation.
Increasingly,...
Neighborhood group seeks to dismiss ethics case
A nonprofit group of Johnson County neighbors are fighting back against efforts to force them to disclose where they get their funding while questioning...
UPDATED: Judge strikes subpoena issued to former speaker’s chief of staff
(Updated to include comment from Resner)
A Shawnee County judge has refused to allow the state ethics commission to enforce a second subpoena as part...
Transparency bill on children’s deaths doesn’t go far enough, media advocate says
A House panel on Tuesday took up a major piece of transparency legislation pushed by Gov. Jeff Colyer's administration that would give the public more...
House passes bill increasing campaign contributions
The Kansas House on Tuesday passed a bill increasing campaign contributions for the first time in more than 40 years, a move that one...
Transparency bill requiring recordings criticized as costly, too burdensome
Cities, schools and other local governments came out in droves Monday to oppose legislation that would require public agencies to record any meetings open...
