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Community Voices March 11, 2024 - 12:55 pm

Max Kautsch: This Sunshine Week, Kansas officials should finally clear the Marion County Record’s journalists (Column)

by Max Kautsch

”Journalists should not feel like they are taking an unreasonable risk just to do their jobs, a feeling perpetuated every day that goes by without resolution on the raids” of the Marion County Record, Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices October 5, 2023 - 3:13 pm

Max Kautsch: Rule lets Kansas courts refuse the release of ‘compiled information,’ obscuring your right to know (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

”Even though court records in adult criminal cases are presumptively open in this country, searching for such records … by the type of crime charged or over a range of dates is prohibited,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Lawrence news September 13, 2023 - 12:03 pm

New systems will boost records efficiency, make city codes more accessible, Lawrence city clerk says

by Mackenzie Clark

The City of Lawrence is implementing new systems that will help speed up responses to record requests, make city codes easier for the public to navigate and more.

State News August 20, 2023 - 5:27 pm

Now-withdrawn affidavit in Marion County Record raid shows police ignored Kansas open records laws

by Madeline Fox, Kansas News Service

The now-withdrawn documents used to justify a search of the Marion County Record show that the police chief knew a reporter was verifying the authenticity of a local business owner’s driving record by searching on a public website — which is legal under Kansas law.

State News August 11, 2023 - 4:32 pm

Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones

by Sherman Smith, Sam Bailey, Rachel Mipro, Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home.

Business October 25, 2022 - 7:56 pm

Initial plans for KU football stadium renovation paid for with private funds; contracts won’t be disclosed

by Conner Mitchell

After announcing plans for massive changes to the football stadium and a new ”gateway” to campus, KU has entered into contracts with three vendors to begin planning — but the details won’t be available to the public.

Community Voices September 14, 2022 - 10:29 am

Max Kautsch: Attorney General’s Office ignores plain text of Kansas open records law, sets poor example (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

”It is reasonable for the public to expect not only that the office fairly enforces (open records and open meeting) laws, but also that it follows them,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Crime & Courts August 1, 2022 - 10:27 am

Kansas secretary of state refuses to provide provisional ballot records despite court ruling

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Secretary of State Scott Schwab is refusing to turn over provisional ballot records in advance of the primary election, despite an appeals court ruling that says he is violating state open records law.

Crime & Courts July 22, 2022 - 11:52 am

Kansas appeals court says secretary of state violated open records law by altering computer system

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab violated state open records law when he ordered a software vendor to disable the ability to produce a public record, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled on Friday.

Lawrence news July 16, 2022 - 12:52 pm

The Murder of Tiger Dowdell: More questions than answers

by Conner Mitchell

A KBI case file leaves one prevailing question which may ultimately be lost to history: Why did Lawrence Police Officer William Garrett shoot and kill Rick “Tiger” Dowdell on July 16, 1970?

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