Kansas officials’ private emails to be subject to disclosure

'Kansas officials' emails about public business on private accounts or devices will be subject to public disclosure starting in July under a bill Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law Wednesday.

The law closes a big loophole in the Kansas Open Records Act . That decades-old law generally requires government records to be accessible to the public, but it hasn't specifically applied to officials' private email accounts or communications with private cellphones.

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Kansas Senate sends judicial transparency bill to governor

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will have to decide whether to sign a bill that will require him to disclose the names of applicants for the Kansas Court of Appeals.

The provision is one component of SB 128, a bill that supporters say will bring more transparency to the way judges are selected. The Senate passed it 35-3 on Sunday.

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