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Missouri ordered to pay $240K for Hawley Sunshine Law violations

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A Cole County judge ordered the state of Missouri to pay $240,000 in legal fees for Sunshine Law violations under former Attorney General Josh Hawley.

The judge's ruling found the attorney general’s office “knowingly and purposefully” violated the open records law.

The judge found the motivation for breaking the law was to stop records from being released that might harm Hawley's campaign for Senate.

Read more from the Missouri Independent.

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