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Friday, January 27, 2012

Beshear and child-welfare officials appeal records decision, say it is too broad, look to legislature

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On the day the state was supposed to release unadulterated records on deaths and near deaths from child abuse, under a court order, it file...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Journalists, child-protection officials debate their differing approaches to Ky. child abuse problem

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In a state that has led the nation in deaths of children from abuse and neglect, Kentucky journalists and the officials who must protect chi...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Making agency more open gets top priority from attendees at Ky. Summit to End Child Abuse Deaths

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"Eliminating secrecy at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services was the top vote-getter" among 250 "judges, lawmakers, ch...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Judges like bill to open juvenile courts, but it would make reporters' notes subject to inspection

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Family Court judges told a legislative committee yesterday that Kentucky's juvenile courts should be made open, to improve scrutiny of t...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Nominate a local open-govermnent hero for national recognition during Sunshine Week

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For the observance of Sunshine Week, March 11-17, you are invited to nominate individuals who have played significant roles in fighting for ...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Elected public officials have a lower expectation of privacy, AG reiterates in Louisville constable case

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The state attorney general’s office recently found that the Department of Criminal Justice Training improperly withheld records that could r...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Disclosing total fees for sewer project does not invade customers' privacy, attorney general rules

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The City of Danville violated the state Open Records Act substantively and procedurally when it failed to respond timely and gave an inval...
Monday, December 5, 2011

Child-abuse records were opened in 1990s

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Though it made big, breaking news last week, releasing state records about severe child abuse isn't new in Kentucky, writes Joseph Gerth...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Whitley County clerk ignores open records decision

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The Whitley County Clerk has decided to ignore an opinion of the Attorney General's office that she is charging too much for copies an...
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 ...