Open Meetings Law K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq.
Closed: Attorney consultations; personnel matters; employer-employee negotiations; trade secrets; and acquisitions of real estate property.
Open Records Law K.S.A. 45-215 et seq.
Exempt: 42 exemptions, check code citation.
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
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Contacts
Office of the Attorney General
120 SW 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1597
Phone (785) 296-2215
Fax (785) 296-6296
Kansas Press Association
5423 SW 7th St.
Topeka, KS 66606
(785) 271-5304
Fax (785) 271-7341
http://www.kspress.com/
Email info@kspress.com
Kansas Bar Association
1200 SW Harrison
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1806
Phone (913) 234-5696
Fax (913) 234-3813
http://www.ksbar.org/
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone (800) 336-4243 or (703) 807-2100
Email rcfp@rcfp.org
Student Press Law Center
1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone (703) 807-1904
Email splc@splc.org
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Open Government Guide from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Sample Request for Records under the Kansas Open Records Act
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