From news-journal.com:
Tatum’s city attorney says it was a mistake not to allow cameras and recorders in Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Texas Attorney General’s Office guidelines say it is unlawful to ban such devices from open session in council meetings. Tatum Mayor Phil Cory issued the ban before Tuesday evening’s meeting.
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From Tulsa World:
DENVER – Judges of an appeals court said Wednesday they have to balance privacy rights against the public's right to know in deciding whether the U.S. Marshals Service will have to release federal mug shots.
[Tulsa World] is asking the Denver-based court to overturn the decision of a judge in Tulsa that federal mug shots are exempt from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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from myCentralJersey.com:
PLAINFIELD — About four years ago Maria Pellum, a city resident and concerned mother, began attending Plainfield Board of Education meetings.
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From the Albuquerque Journal:
LAS CRUCES — City officials have refused to release any audio or video recordings made by police when officers shot and killed 37-year-old Robert Montes on the night of Dec. 17.
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From Federal News Radio:
Under the Plain Language Act, federal agencies have already had to sharpen their public communications skills. New proposed legislation would take the spirit of that open government effort a step further.
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From MetroNews:
The Minority Leader in the state House of Delegates says legislation written to update West Virginia's Freedom of Information Act could, in a lot of ways, be a defining moment at the State Capitol.
"We're coming down to, really, where the Legislature needs to make a decision," Delegate Tim Armstead said on Wednesday's MetroNews Talkline.
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From baxterbulletin.com:
BULL SHOALS — The question of what information the recorder-treasurer's office needs to provide to comply with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act was the main topic of discussion at Monday's Bull Shoals City Council one-hour workshop.
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From Wicked Local Swansea:
Attorney General Martha Coakley has posted all Open Meeting Law rulings by the Division of Open Government on an interactive online database.
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From news-star.com:
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Sen. David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, has filed legislation to make the Oklahoma Legislature subject to the Open Meetings and Open Records Acts. Those two statutes have long provided transparency to all levels of government, but not the Legislature, which exempted itself.
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From The Tennessean:
A law that would have changed Tennessee’s open meetings law to allow elected officials to meet in secret is dead for the year, according to Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell’s office.
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