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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Small, weekly newspaper beats stonewalling state agency in case of adopted child's murder

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When a 9-year-old girl was found beaten to death and her adoptive brother was charged with murder, the local newspaper wanted to know what t...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Legislative committee may review transparency of state cabinet in child abuse death records

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The co-chairs of the legislative committee that oversees the state's health and welfare services say they hope to hold a hearing in Dece...

Social worker who handled case of murdered child resigns after another child's death

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A social worker for the state's Cabinet for Health and Family Services resigned in October before she was fired in the aftermath of a ch...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

UK hosts annual First Amendment Celebration

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An award-winning investigative reporter, author and journalism professor will deliver the annual State of the First Amendment Address at the...

Al Smith to receive James Madison Award

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Al Smith, who created "Comment on Kentucky," a statewide forum that has fostered public discussion of Kentucky policy and politics...

Greenup sheriff fails to answer records request; that's ruled a violation of state law

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The Greenup County Sheriff's Department has violated the Kentucky Open Records Law by failing to respond to a request for records. On ...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

UK's refusal to release cancer registry data violates Open Records Act

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The University of Kentucky violated the Kentucky Open Records Act in denying Dr. James W. Coleman’s August 1, 2011, request for “statistic...

Butler County loses another Open Meetings appeal

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Butler County Fiscal Court has violated the Open Meetings Law again; this time, the court failed to distribute an agenda to fiscal court me...

Broad request for cell phone information is denied

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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Police properly denied a request for copies of cell phone records, according to a...

Tax payments plans deemed open records

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The Attorney General's Office ruled on Oct. 31 against the Marshall County Attorney’s failure to disclose records relating to delinquent...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

State cabinet loses another open records lawsuit

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The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services came under a withering attack from a state judge, who said the cabinet turned a blind eye ...

Hospital appeals attorney general's ruling

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University Hospital of Louisville has filed a lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court to overturn an open records opinion of Attorney Gene...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Judge rules against state, cites 'culture of secrecy' in ruling opening records in child abuse deaths

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A state judge has ruled for the second time in 18 months against the efforts of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to keep rec...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Animal-care panel cancels after Humane Society asserts violation of open-meetings law

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A new panel given the task of drafting standards for care of farm animals canceled its scheduled meeting yesterday, apparently because the H...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Parks board defends meeting behind closed doors

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The Winchester Sun has asked Attorney General Jack Conway to review an executive session the Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation B...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Agency is pressured to re-post database of doctors' malpractice and disciplinary cases

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U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has joined journalists, academic researchers and consumer groups in calling on the Health Resources and Services ...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Attorney general rules Louisville's University Hospital is a public institution

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Louisville's University Hospital is a public institution, not a private one, which means the state gets a say about the proposed merger...
Friday, September 16, 2011

AG declares Pike utility's records open

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The records of a controversial utility in Eastern Kentucky are covered by the state Open Records Act "because two public agencies suppl...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

AG again says Health and Family Services Cabinet violated Open Records Act

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The attorney general's office has again cited the Cabinet for Health and Family and Services for failing to following the dictates of t...

Foes of law letting optometrists use lasers may sue, alleging violation of Open Meetings Act

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Although ophthalmologists and the Kentucky Medical Association strongly objected, a legislative committee appoved regulations Tuesday that ...