TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court will offer live, online video streaming of oral arguments beginning next week.
The court has offered live audio streaming of arguments since 2004. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced the addition of video streaming Tuesday.
Nuss says it’s intended to make the judicial process more accessible to the public. He says the justices believe the service will also benefit schools, colleges and universities.
The high court will hear arguments Monday through Friday next week from 9 a.m. to noon.
Nuss noted that the week’s docket includes arguments Aug. 31 on a case of broad public interest a challenge by environmental groups to state permits for a proposed coal-fired power plant in southwestern Kansas.
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Kansas Supreme Court: http://www.kscourts.org
