Statewide Resources
Constitution
- Kansas Constitution. Note: Ballotpedia has a separate page for each article of the Kansas Constitution.
- Sesquicentennial of Adoption of Kansas Constitution, Oct 4, 2009
Governor
Legislature
- Kansas Law: Statutes
- Info about expenditures by members of House and Senate: Legislative Administrative Services
- Kansas Legislature Senate House
- Kansas Legislative District Profiles from Kansas Legislative Research Department
- Kansas Legislature – Kansas State Publications Archival Collection
- Find My Elected Officials from Kansas Geospatial Community Commons
- Legislative Division of Post Audit
- Kansas Votes, sponsored by Kansas Policy Institute, 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.
- AFP’s Legislative Score Cards [includes KTN's rankings from 2007]
- Legislative roll call: Kansas House and Senate attendance, 2009 to present, Topeka Capital-Journal.
Judiciary
- Kansas Judicial Branch
- Kansas Supreme Court Rules
- Kansas Supreme Court Orders
- Kansas County District Court Search ($)
- Kansas Courts Judgepedia Portal: Judgepedia page about Kansas and its judges from the Sam Adams Alliance.
- Guide to Judicial Branch Open Records Requests
- Media Coverage of Judicial Proceedings
Open Government
- KansasOpenGov.org shows how state and local tax dollars are spent. From Kansas Policy Institute.
- Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government
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.
- List of Kansas ballot measures from Ballotpedia
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)
- Lobbyist Directory
- 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.
Schools
- List of Unified School Districts in Kansas from Wikipedia
Federal “Stimulus” information
- Stimulus Watch: Awards in Kansas
- Recovery.gov click on Kansas on the map
Statistical Abstracts/Data from KU Institute for Policy & Social Research
Kansas Statistical Abstracts, 1965-2008
Enhanced Online Edition of Kansas Statistical Abstract (includes downloadable Excel files)
Other Statistics
Census/Population
- U.S. Census Population Estimates by Kansas County: Annual Population Change
- Kansas Division of Budget’s Certified Population Data (Updated July 1, 2009)
Local Government Information
- Research & Publications, K-State Research and Extension, Office of Local Government
Maps
Financial Information
- Kansas Fiscal Database from K-State Research and Extension
- Dept. of Administration’s KanView: shows expenditures by State of Kansas agencies.
- Salaries of State Employees
- KansasOpenGov’s State Employee Payroll
- KanView: Select Search Criteria of “Pay Rates by Agency” or “Pay Rates by Job Title”
- Database of Public Employee Salaries from Topeka Capital-Journal
- Salaries by State Agency from Lawrence Journal-World in 2005
- Salaries of Public Employees for State of Kansas from Kansas City Star, March 2008.
- Tax Delinquencies from the Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission: Political Money
- Campaign Finance Reports: Online PDFs of submitted forms
Also: Secretary of State’s E-Campaign Finance (new July 2008) - Campaign Finance Data: Online searchable database of contributions to candidates (no PAC info)
- Lobbyist Employment and Expenditures Reports
- Kansas: Reports from National Institute on Money in State Politics
- “Top 20″ PACs list : 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(based on money to candidates; ignores sometimes huge contributions between PACs) - Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission’s Annual Reports: 2008 • 2009
Federal Election Commission Electronic Filing Report Retrieval
Political Party
Financial Disclosure Documents
Dept. of Adminstration
- State of Kanas Online Communication Directory (phonebook)
- Dept. of Administration’s KanView with Kansas government expenditures
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR): 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
- Workforce Reports: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Other State Agencies and Boards
- Kansas Division of the Budget
- Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Board Actions
- Kansas Education: Comparative Performance & Fiscal System
USDA
Taxes
