Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law
House Bill 520 widens the Kentucky Open Records Act’s law enforcement exemption at the request of police. Beshear allowed it ...
Judge blocks release of public records that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico court blocked the release of any public records that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and ...
Colorado lawmakers advance public records law changes, while protecting their own open-meeting exemptions
Lawmakers exempted themselves from part of the open-meetings law after two of their colleagues sued them for allegedly violating that law. The changes were defended as necessary to allow lawmakers to ...
‘Culture of resistance to transparency’: Kentucky universities regularly break open records law
The Herald-Leader examined 12 years of open records and open meetings appeals filed with the attorney general’s office.
Fani Willis violated open records law, judge finds
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis was found to be in violation of the state’s Open Records Act as outlined in ...
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Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys' fees
A judge has ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys' fees and to turn over ...
Wisconsin law gives the public access to government records. Here's how it could be better.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, one of the architects of Wisconsin's open records law, said drafters hadn't "anticipated all the problems." ...
Major changes coming to Utah’s government records access law
The records committee has been part of GRAMA since the legislature passed it in 1991. Courts have upheld the committee’s rulings 98% of the time, according to the Utah Media Coalition, a consortium of ...