From The Press-Enterprise:
When the publisher of a small-town newspaper north of Sacramento made a public records request to learn more about spending done by school officials, he had no idea it would threaten the existence of the Sacramento Valley Mirror.
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From MyCentralJersey.com:
MANVILLE (Nov 26, 2012) — What are they trying to hide?
That’s a question libertarian activist John Paff says he is trying to get answered through a lawsuit he filed last week in state Superior Court.
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Read More… from Manville police sued by activist over access to investigation records
From Courthouse News Service:
DETROIT (Nov 27, 2012) – Wayne State University is exempt from answering a FOIA request about its use of dogs in medical research, because the last time it did “animal rights extremists” threatened its researchers with “torture and death,” the university claims in court.
The university sued the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, in Wayne County Court.
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From The Republic:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The state Court of Appeals is again taking up a public records case involving a private prison company and a magazine that advocates for inmate rights.
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From Tulsa World:
A Yukon couple took the rare path of filing an open records lawsuit after their school district refused to turn over records involving an investigation into a school agricultural program.
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Read More… from Enforcing Oklahoma’s Open Records Act is largely left to average citizens
From Courier-Journal:
FRANKFORT, KY. (Nov 25, 2012) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Open Records Act appeal of road contractor Leonard Lawson, who wants a 1983 statement he made to investigators about bid rigging to remain secret.
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From Beaumontenterprise.com:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the FBI’s decision to redact information from records sought under the Freedom of Information Act by a Tennessee death row inmate.
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Read More… from Death row inmate loses FOIA lawsuit against FBI
We so liked the State FOIA Friday this week, we thought we’d give it this second and special edition.
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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Read More… from Special Edition: NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 23, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 9, 2012
