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Body camera footage, 911 calls and accident reports: A look how lawmakers want to change public records laws February 20, 2019
Body camera footage, 911 calls and accident reports: A look how lawmakers want to change public records laws Every legislative session there are efforts to limit or change the public's access to government documents and records. And this year is no different. In the 111th Tennessee General Assembly, lawmakers have introduced a host of bills related to public records that could […]
Former Reed official charged with violating open records law February 19, 2019
Former Reed official charged with violating open records law The press secretary for former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has been cited for allegedly violating the Georgia Open Records Act in the first-ever criminal complaint filed in connection with the law, the state attorney general’s office announced Monday. Jenna Garland, 34, the press secretary during Reed’s […]
Maryland public records ruling could let more sunshine in February 18, 2019
Maryland public records ruling could let more sunshine in The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled recently that state police personnel files are not completely off-limits under the Maryland Public Information Act, a finding that could broaden access to a whole range of information, experts say. The decision came after a long battle between the Maryland State Police and […]
Open-meeting law fines may be increased February 15, 2019
Open-meeting law fines may be increased A bill draft from Nevada’s attorney general may propose stiffer penalties for public officials who violate the state’s open-meeting law. During a meeting Wednesday, the attorney general’s Open Meeting Law Task Force — of which I am a member — looked at several possible changes to the law, including raising the […]
St. Petersburg housing agency refuses to release documents to a member of its own governing board unless she pays for them. February 14, 2019
St. Petersburg housing agency refuses to release documents to a member of its own governing board unless she pays for them. ST. PETERSBURG — As a commissioner on the St. Petersburg Housing Authority's governing board, Terri Lipsey Scott considers it her duty to scrutinize how the agency is run. So Scott was taken aback when […]
Park County commissioners barred 9NEWS cameras from a public meeting. Was that legal February 13, 2019
Park County commissioners barred 9NEWS cameras from a public meeting. Was that legal Reporting a story on the Park County sheriff last month, 9NEWS journalists Noel Brennan and Bryan Wendland were told they couldn’t bring their cameras into a county commissioners’ meeting that was open to the public. The cameras would be a “disruption,” Park County Commissioner […]

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