Open Records

See Freedom of Information (FOIA) for federal government and other state information about open records.

Kansas Open Records Act (KORA)

State Library and Archives

Congress

Governor

Legislature

Kansas Law: Statutes
Info about expenditures by members of House and Senate: Legislative Administrative Services
Kansas Legislature Senate House
Kansas Votes, sponsored by Flint Hills Center for Public Policy, gives voters instant access to concise, plain language and objective descriptions of every single bill, amendment, and vote that takes places in the Kansas legislature.
Kansas Taxpayers Network: Kansas Legislative Vote Ratings

Judiciary

Elections

Elections Statistics
Kansas on Ballotpedia: Hub for Kansas information on Ballotpedia from the Sam Adams Alliance. The hub shows Kansas ballot laws, history, ballot propositions statewide and local, ballot access for recalls, and more.

Secretary of State

Kansas voter registration records: $200 for statewide file.
Kansas corporations: Business entity search Can get info about Kansas corporations (e.g., Board of Directors) on the phone. To get printed copy, must pay $15 for certificate, or $1/page for certified info.
Kansas Register: Official publication of the State of Kansas (weekly)
Kansas Legislative Lobbyist Directory by Lobbyist for 2007
Kansas Charity Check: Find charitable organizations that have registered to solicit and filed with the Secretary of State.
Statements of Substantial Interests (SSIs). Free but must register. [Also see: Center for Public Integrity: Kansas Disclosure Document Warehouse for Statements of Substantial Interests for past years.]
“Verified Statements”of out-of-state PACs are not online and must be viewed at the Secretary of State’s Office in Topeka, or purchased for $0.50/page. The list of out-of-state PACs filing Verified Statements is not an online record at present.
Secretary of State’s E-Campaign Finance (new July 2008). Also see Ethics Commission below.

Census/Population

Financial Information

Dept. of Administration’s KanView: shows expenditures by State of Kansas agencies.
Salaries by State Agency from Lawrence Journal-World in 2005
Salaries of Public Employees for Johnson County and State of Kansas from March 2008.

Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission: Political Money