Opinion from Ohio Newspaper Association:
One of the major concerns we have had with Ohio’s open meetings law is that it leaves a lot of wiggle-room for public bodies to be overly vague and even evasive about the reasons why they go into executive sessions.
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From NewsNet5.com:
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – An appeals court judge is ordering the Strongsville City School District to hand over documents dealing with substitute teachers to the teachers’ union.
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Opinion from Rock Hill Herald Online:
S.C. House members apparently don’t mind sunshine unless it shines directly on them.
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From SFGate:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Death-row inmates cannot use Arkansas' open records law to obtain information about the origin, history of quality of the drugs the state will use to execute them, a state judge ruled Monday.
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From The Palm Beach Post:
WEST PALM BEACH — One of the largest public records requests in Florida history has been unleashed on the state attorney’s offices in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast.
Making the requests is a company headed by Marty O’Boyle, the millionaire real estate developer who helped — and then opposed — Dave Aronberg on his path to state attorney last year.
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From National Law Review:
The District Court for the District of Columbia has held that the Securities and Exchange Commission is exempt from producing documents relating to its audit, inspections, and review of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
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Opinion from the Logan Banner:
When West Virginia House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, spoke at the West Virginia Press Association’s annual legislative breakfast last week he said West Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act law needed to be more open to allow citizens and journalists even more access to documents from public bodies.
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From The Modesto Bee:
An attorney claims Modesto is violating the state's public records law because the city's computers automatically purge emails once they are 30 days old.
Sacramento attorney Kelly T. Smith filed papers Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court, asking a judge to order the city to stop deleting emails and revise its policies to come into compliance with the California Public Records Act.
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From First Amendment Coalition:
In a big victory for open government, a Superior Court judge in San Jose has ruled that the state’s Public Records Act applies to government officials’ emails and texts about government business–EVEN IF those messages are sent or received using the officials’ private email or text accounts, rather than accounts belonging to the government.
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