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 ...
Judge blocks release of public records that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico court blocked the release of any public records that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and ...
You had questions about public records. We asked a reporter and a legal expert to weigh in.
Are nonprofits subject to open records? How much would it cost to take an open records case to court? See our answers to ...
4 people, 8,000 requests: What it's like being a public records coordinator at the Wisconsin DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has a team of four people responsible for processing around 8,000 open records ...
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Judge weighs request to withhold investigation records in deaths of Gene Hackman and wife
New Mexico’s open records law blocks public access to sensitive images, including depictions of dead bodies. Experts also say some medical information is not considered public record under the ...
Major changes coming to Utah’s government records access law
The records committee has been part of GRAMA since the legislature passed it in 1991. Courts have upheld the committee’s rulings 98% of the time, according to the Utah Media Coalition, a consortium of ...
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Is Utah becoming a ‘black hole’ for public records? Here are the anti-transparency laws the Legislature passed.
He later signed each of the bills into law. The Legislature was given the dubious distinction in 2011, the first year the award was handed out, for dismantling much of the state’s open records ...