Vt. police records bill advances
From Valley News: Montpelier — A bill that would require police to release records of their investigations unanimously passed a House committee and now heads to the full House, perhaps as soon as next week. read more ...
Open-government law now defines ’emergency’ meeting
From WVGazette: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For years, West Virginia's Open Meetings Act has allowed state agencies, boards and commissions to call emergency meetings on a moment's notice -- but until now, it never defined what constitutes an emergency. That changes with passage of HB2747, which spells out circumstances when emergency meetings may be called ...
Editorial: Public has right to know Nevada public pension expenses
Editorial from RGI.com: Last week, pension reform died in the Nevada Legislature. This week, the cause gets new life in Carson City — not before lawmakers, but in front of the Nevada Supreme Court in the state’s most important public reco ...
Johnson Controls takes secret data case to Minn. Supreme Court
From Minnesota Public Radio: ROSEVILLE, Minn. — The company hired to oversee a major reconstruction project for the St. Louis County Schools will argue today before the Minnesota Supreme Court that certain data involved in the project is not subject to the state's open records law. read more ...
Records: NM politico pushed judge appointments
From The Public Opinion: Records show that a political figure at the center of a Las Cruces judicial scandal was in regular contact with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's staff to offer input on appointments to the bench in Dona Ana County. read more ...
Telegraph argues public’s right to know outweighs Spader’s right to privacy
From The Telegraph: Sometimes it seems like every part of Steven Spader’s twisted life is public. We know what he did the night of Oct. 4, 2009 on Trow Road in Mont Vernon. We know he bragged about the brutal murder, planned it meticulously, ...
Public has no legal right to police logs, say attorneys general
From seacoastonline.com: There is no law in New Hampshire, or Maine, that says police departments have to publish logs on a regular basis that itemize police activity. [...] read more ...
Editorial: Supreme Court erodes access to open records
Editorial from The Sacramento Bee: Public records have cleansing power, as Nevada is discovering. The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't seem interested. [...] Eight states have included residents-only clauses in their public records act. Nevada is not among them. But recent experience shows the importance of being able to access another state's public documents ...
You have no right to state workers’ numbers
From The Morning Call: [...] A state court recently said Pennsylvania government offices don't have to provide the public with all of the phone numbers and email addresses assigned to their employees. read more ...
Prison watchdog demands info on CCA
From Courthouse News Service: AUSTIN (CN) - Prison Legal News sued the Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest private prison contractor, for records about its contracts in Texas and lawsuits filed against CCA there. [...] read more ...
