From The Morning Call:
Pennsylvania residents can read the email of elected officials under a decision in favor of The Morning Call recently upheld by the state Supreme Court.
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From The Tennessean:
KNOXVILLE — The Knox County Law Department has refused to release six emails that appear related to questions about campaign spending pending before a state board.
The Knoxville News Sentinel requested copies of Mayor Tim Burchett’s email under the state’s open records law.
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From Alaska Public Radio:
State employees can’t use private e-mail accounts to hide their work communication from public record laws. The State Supreme Court issued a decision on the matter on Friday, that largely affirms an earlier Superior Court Ruling.
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From The Des Moines Register:
Additional email exchanges between former Des Moines schools superintendent Nancy Sebring and her male lover became public Friday after a Polk County judge refused to block their release.
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From The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Gov. Susana Martinez isn’t the first New Mexico politician to cause controversy by using private email accounts to communicate about public policy. Three years ago in Las Vegas, N.M., the late former Mayor Tony Marquez was in a similar, if not identical situation.
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Read More… from Roundhouse Roundup: Las Vegas emails and ‘leaking’ public records
From Connecticut 5th District:
The New Haven Register and Register Citizen filed a complaint with the State Freedom of Information Commission Friday afternoon over the city of Waterbury’s refusal to release documents related to former Gov. John Rowland‘s work as a taxpayer-funded economic development coordinator.
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From KOB.com:
Two state lawmakers are asking the New Mexico Attorney General to investigate state Public Education Department emails sent to the private email accounts of Governor Susana Martinez and her top political advisor Jay McCleskey.
Sen. Linda Lopez, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, and Rep. Rick Miera, chairman of the House Education Committee, are requesting the investigation. Both are Democrats. Martinez and McCleskey are Republicans.
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From The Salt Lake Tribune:
Open-government advocates say documents obtained through a records request show that three Utah counties illegally closed a meeting during which they discussed how to oppose a federal plan to limit oil-shale leasing.
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From Indianapolis Star:
A commission will soon set new rules for how long state and local governments must keep employee emails and other electronic records — and which of those missives will be considered public records.
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