Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law
House Bill 520 widens the Kentucky Open Records Act’s law enforcement exemption at the request of police. Beshear allowed it ...
Does Virginia law sealing court records from the public’s eye violate the First Amendment?
Legislation that would shield thousands of past court cases from public view could violate the First Amendment’s right of ...
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Polis signs bill allowing universities to pay student athletes — but warns about lack of transparency
Lawmakers and Gov. Polis agreed they must allow the payments, but there was significant debate about whether those payments ...
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Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bigger loophole for law enforcement agencies in the Kentucky Open Records Act become law without his signature. Beshear’s office filed House Bill 520 ...
Lifting the ‘veil of secrecy’ in CT. How open government laws made a difference.
Connecticut’s FOI law allows access to many records and meetings. If the FOI law were not enacted, members of the public ...
Denver mayor's office employees communicate through Signal, the encrypted messaging app in Trump administration scandal
According to a spokesperson for Mayor Mike Johnston, the mayor's office employees have been using Signal on personal phones ...
What is Signal? 5 things to know about the app used in Trump administration war plans leak
On Monday it was revealed that top Trump administration officials were using a commercial messaging app to plan military ...
Trump Group says it's "no coincidence" Denver mayor, staff used self-deleting app for communications about migrants
A conservative legal group said it was "no coincidence" that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and his staff began communicating on ...
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‘Disregard for transparency’: Utah Legislature’s public records laws earn it a ‘Black Hole’ award
The Utah Legislature won an award for the past few years of work, culminating in the 2025 General Session, although it’s not ...
How a WA city’s war with its own council member could chip away at public-records access
In 2019, in response to the #MeToo movement, the Legislature passed new exemptions to parts of the Public Records Act: Public ...
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OKLAHOMA VOICE: Lawmakers advance bill giving Oklahoma AG power to enforce Open Records Act violations
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office could soon have the power to investigate delayed or denied open records requests after the state House advanced legislation Tuesday.
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Should Gene Hackman’s family be granted a major exemption from New Mexico’s freedom of information law?
When public records reveal sensitive details, the desire for privacy collides with the need for government transparency. The ...