In a settlement this week of a lawsuit over the release of public records, the state of Vermont will pay $30,500 in attorneys fees and costs and the Agency of Education will provide to a journalist information it withheld about bullying and hazing in Vermont schools. The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont filed the […]
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A health care merger with a promise of transparency is now the subject of legislation to keep certain information confidential. Ballad Health is asking lawmakers in Tennessee to keep some of their “competitive” records from the public’s view. The not-for-profit said the changes are needed to make sure the new health system has a fair […]
Louisiana business groups want state government to create a website they say would give residents a clearer picture of how taxpayers’ money is spent. Supporters say LouisianaCheckbook.com would make state and, eventually, local governments more accountable to voters and taxpayers. The proposal comes as the legislature prepares to address an estimated $1 billion budget shortfall […]
FORT SMITH — City directors voted Tuesday night to proceed with appealing a Jan. 4 Sebastian County Circuit Court ruling that three directors violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act by using emails to discuss city business. The directors voted to confirm the Jan. 30 filing of a notice of appeal to the Arkansas Supreme […]
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North Carolina lawmakers are returning to Raleigh this week, but they’re not giving the public many details on what they plan to vote on. Both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate are due back in session Wednesday. A spokeswoman for Republican Senate leader Phil Berger said the Senate might have votes that […]
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WASHINGTON — The New York Times is asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to unseal secret documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page, the onetime Trump campaign adviser at the center of a disputed memo written by Republican staffers on the House Intelligence Committee. The motion is unusual. No such wiretapping application materials apparently […]
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MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court determined Tuesday that a state official could take longer than usual to release public records about union elections to combat the threat of voter intimidation in those elections. The 5-2 ruling was a blow to unions and advocates of the open records law, which ordinarily requires documents to be […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office complied with Louisiana’s public records law in responding to an environmental group’s request for documents about an oil pipeline project, a judge ruled Friday. State District Court Judge Wilson Fields refused to order Edwards’ office to conduct another search for records requested by the Louisiana […]
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Judges should shield UNC-Chapel Hill from having to release the names of students disciplined in on-campus sexual-misconduct cases for fear of chilling reporting by victims and because federal law overrides North Carolina’s Public Records Law, lawyers for UNC say. In a brief directed to the N.C. Court of Appeals, UNC-CH’s legal team admitted that federal […]
A federal judge ruled Friday that memos written by former FBI Director James Comey, detailing his “conversations” with President Donald Trump, will not be made public. Releasing the Comey memos would “likely interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into the 2016 presidential race,” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote. Comey was fired last […]
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