Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach concluded Haysville City Council violated the Kansas Open Records Act and must pay a $250 fine and take part in KORA training. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general’s office issued a $250 fine to the Haysville City Council for violating the Kansas Open Records Act, officials said Wednesday.
City employees declined without explanation to release copies of photographs requested under the state government transparency law. The photographs should have been released under KORA. The photographs were subsequently presented in court during a jury trial and led to the examination of whether the city committed a KORA violation…