Legislature hires defense attorney for senator named in open records complaint from Kansas Reflector

Leadership of Kansas Legislature agrees to hire an attorney to represent a state senator who is subject of a Kansas Open Records Act complaint.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 1,038

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — The leadership council of the Kansas Legislature hired a defense lawyer to represent Sen. Renee Erickson against a Kansas Open Records Act complaint filed by Kansas Reflector after the state’s attorney general declined to provide counsel to the senator.

Erickson, the Wichita Republican chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Government Efficiency, or COGE, was informed by Attorney General Kris Kobach that his office wouldn’t represent her in the wake of a KORA complaint. …

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