Kansas and 15 other states working on are working on so-called spending-transparency initiatives to open books electronically to public

Kan. spending coming in less than three clicks

Kansas wants to make checking up on state spending as easy as googling the meaning of the word “Jayhawk.”

So the Sunflower State plans to launch a first-of-its-kind Web site where users type in simple questions to unearth details about government expenses that now are hard to hunt down.

By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer

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