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News Release: Kentucky Institute’s Center for Open Government prevails in circuit court dispute regarding House’s secret pension meeting

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(FRANKFORT, Ky.) — A Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled in favor of the Bluegrass Institute Center for Open Government’s claim that the Kentucky House of Representatives illegally conducted a closed meeting to discuss public pension reform. Judge Thomas D. Wingate rejected the House’s claim that a closed meeting of a quorum of members last summer to […]

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Connecticut newspaper files FOI complaints against Board of Education

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From The Westerly Sun: 

N. STONINGTON — The Westerly Sun has filed a Freedom of Information Act complaint against the Board of Education, alleging two violations. The complaint alleges that the board failed to give the public the required 24-hour notice of a meeting, and that its members cast anonymous votes on paper ballots.

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