Kentucky Open Government Blog

The Kentucky Press Association has appealed to the state Attorney General's office the refusal of Midway Mayor Tom Bozarth to release c...

Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday signed into law Senate Bill 178 , which will allow school boards to deliver evaluations of superintendents behi...

A new report , rating each state's use of online databases to give the public information about government spending, lists Kentucky as t...

Only Gov. Steve Beshear stands between the law books and legislation that would allow Kentucky school boards to evaluate superintendents in ...

A dispute between the two houses of the Kentucky General Assembly apparently has been settled, paving the way for passage of legislation tha...

School boards could evaluate superintendents behind closed doors, under a bill the Kentucky House approved today 67-29. Senate Bill 178 amen...

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that the Kenton County Fiscal Court violated the Open Records Act when it denied a records request from...

The Butler County Fiscal Court has voted to appeal an open-meetings decision of the attorney general to Butler Circuit Court, according to ...

The Louisville Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a half-day session on the Freedom of Information A...

A state senate committee has moved to transform into law an executive order issued by Gov. Steve Beshear two years ago requiring more transp...

UPDATE, March 1: The full House passed the bill but its prospects in the Senate are unclear. A Kentucky House committee has passed a bill th...

Do you want to add more depth to your stories by obtaining copies of government records, but you aren’t sure how to get them or what records...

The sponsor of a state House bill that would have required the release of records on children who die from abuse or neglect has amended his ...

The Kentucky Senate last week passed without dissent two bills that would make the actions of state government and associations of local gov...

The Mt. Vernon City Council and Mayor Clarice Kirby violated Kentucky's open meetings law , according to a ruling from the office of ...

The Rural Blog reports that the Mississippi Press Association, The Associated Press and the state's freedom-of-information center are t...

Using freedom-of-information laws and fighting for stronger ones is "journalism by other means" and should be an essential functio...

The Hopkinsville City Council was justified in deliberately leaving vague its motion to take action after a closed discussion because the ma...

The city of Hopkinsville has appealed an attorney general's decision that city officials should give the Kentucky New Era with certain ...

Battles for freedom of information often stop for lack of financial ammunition. Now help may be available, thanks to a three-year, $2 millio...