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Saturday, June 12, 2010

New blog for Rockcastle County starts with open-government concerns

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Issues of open government are the topic of the first post in a new blog for Rockcastle County, where a local water association has barred it...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Budgets under review by city councils are open records, AG rules; Midway lets decision stand

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A proposed city budget submitted to members of the city council for review is a public document, according to the Kentucky attorney general....
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Judge tells Hopkinsville police to release police records on threats made in city

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A circuit court judge has ruled that Hopkinsville officials improperly withheld reports from the Kentucky New Era last year. The mayor told...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

National group offers money to support lawsuits that advance freedom of information

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The National Freedom of Information Coalition has received a $180,000 grant to support freedom of information litigation, NFOIC Executive D...
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Judge orders state to release records on death of baby that died at meth lab while in state custody

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A Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled that records on a baby who died after drinking drain cleaner should be open to the public. Judge ...
Monday, May 3, 2010

Attorney general says Whitley County sheriff must reply to records request from newspaper

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The state attorney general's office has ruled that Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge violated the state open-records law by refusing...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

KPA appeals over denial of Midway budget

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The Kentucky Press Association has appealed to the state Attorney General's office the refusal of Midway Mayor Tom Bozarth to release c...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Beshear signs superintendent-secrecy bill

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Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday signed into law Senate Bill 178 , which will allow school boards to deliver evaluations of superintendents behi...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Kentucky ranked most transparent state for online government spending records

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A new report , rating each state's use of online databases to give the public information about government spending, lists Kentucky as t...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Legislature sends Beshear bill to allow superintendents to be evaluated in secret

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Only Gov. Steve Beshear stands between the law books and legislation that would allow Kentucky school boards to evaluate superintendents in ...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Good government measure finally moves ahead

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A dispute between the two houses of the Kentucky General Assembly apparently has been settled, paving the way for passage of legislation tha...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Bill would allow school boards to evaluate superintendents in closed meetings

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

Applications for business licenses ruled public

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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...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Butler County appeals open-meetings decision

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The Butler County Fiscal Court has voted to appeal an open-meetings decision of the attorney general to Butler Circuit Court, according to ...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Louisville SPJ hosting session on freedom-of-information issues; register by March 10

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The Louisville Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a half-day session on the Freedom of Information A...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Senate commttee requires transparency in use of Governor's mansion, aircraft

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

Committee OKs bill for openness in family courts

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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...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Louisville Freedom-of-information session March 13

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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...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Bill to open child-abuse death records turned into one for a study that wouldn't be done until 2012

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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 ...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Senate passes bills to open legislative finances, associations of local governments

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