Does Virginia law sealing court records from the public’s eye violate the First Amendment?
Legislation that would shield thousands of past court cases from public view could violate the First Amendment’s right of ...
Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law
House Bill 520 widens the Kentucky Open Records Act’s law enforcement exemption at the request of police. Beshear allowed it ...
Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys’ fees
A judge has ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and to turn over ...
Wisconsin law entitles you access to government records. Here's how to get them.
Under Wisconsin open records law, you have the right to request access to government records. Here's a step-by-step guide on ...
‘Culture of resistance to transparency’: Kentucky universities regularly break open records law
The Herald-Leader examined 12 years of open records and open meetings appeals filed with the attorney general’s office.
Fani Willis violated open records law, judge finds
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis was found to be in violation of the state’s Open Records Act as outlined in ...
Colorado lawmakers advance public records law changes, while protecting their own open-meeting exemptions
Lawmakers exempted themselves from part of the open-meetings law after two of their colleagues sued them for allegedly violating that law. The changes were defended as necessary to allow lawmakers to ...
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Judge orders Fulton DA to pay $54,000 for violating Georgia Open Records Act
Georgia judge rules Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis violates open records law in the 2020 Trump presidential election ...
Wisconsin law gives the public access to government records. Here's how it could be better.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, one of the architects of Wisconsin's open records law, said drafters hadn't "anticipated all the problems." ...
Major changes coming to Utah’s government records access law
The records committee has been part of GRAMA since the legislature passed it in 1991. Courts have upheld the committee’s rulings 98% of the time, according to the Utah Media Coalition, a consortium of ...
Lifting the ‘veil of secrecy’ in CT. How open government laws made a difference.
Connecticut’s FOI law allows access to many records and meetings. If the FOI law were not enacted, members of the public ...
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis Ordered to Pay $54K Over Open Records Act Violations in Trump Case Probe
Fulton County DA was ordered to pay over $54,000 for Open Records Act violations in a lawsuit related to the Trump election ...