The Kentucky Open Government Coalition has launched a website, which features blog posts on issues of transparency, updates and opinions on legislation, and information about the coalition and how to support it. The Kentucky coalition was established in 2019. “Our goal is to galvanize supporters of the public’s right to know how state and local […]
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Represented by the Amercian Civil Liberties Union, a blogger has asked a judge to find that the University of Louisville violated the state’s open records law and rule that documents related to its self-imposed postseason basketball ban should be made public.
In a court filing on Friday, attorneys for Dr. Peter Hasselbacher also asked Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Barry Willett to order U of L to pay attorney’s fees and cost of litigation.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – The University of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against its student-run newspaper to appeal a state attorney general's opinion that said the school violated the Kentucky Open Records Act.
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From KFVS12.com: FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Meade County Sheriff’s Department has violated the Open Records Act by charging $10 for a CD containing six photographs.
That finding by the attorney general’s office was released on Tuesday. It held that charging more than the cost of the CD subverted the intent of Kentucky law governing access to public records.
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From The Times Tribune: An open records appeal by Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell got a response from the state attorney general’s office dated May 15.
And it states Whitley County Jailer Ken Mobley “subverted” Kentucky’s Open Records Act in response to a request made by the sheriff earlier this year.
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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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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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From The Republic:
OWENSBORO, Ky. — An open records dispute between city officials in Owensboro and the town’s newspaper is headed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
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From Courier-Journal:
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government released a second round of files Thursday from the murder case against former state Rep. Steve Nunn, who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting his ex-fiancee Amanda Ross in 2009.
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