JCPS tries to hide from open records requests – and gets burned
How hard can this be – really?
Amye Bensenhaver
Amye is a retired assistant AG who specialized in open records laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. (Read the rest of her bio on the Contributors page.)
Lege shuts out the voters, again
How do you feel about being called an “irrelevant expenditure”?
Government working to be the least transparent possible
When it comes to choosing between secrecy and openness, these agencies chose to be as secret as possible
KY lawmakers display an alarming misunderstanding of police, transparency
Change to open records law for law enforcement will likely harm, more than protect, the public
KY Open Govt Coalition statement on HB 520
The bill supposedly “clarifies” open records around law enforcement records – but actually damages the open records law itself
Once again, Repubs go after open records
A change of one word opens the door, once again, to hiding every record in an open criminal investigation
A personal connection to Jimmy Carter by a ForwardKY writer
Our small world got a little bit smaller.
Three open-records issues as a result of a misleading headline
If we value our access to what our government is doing, we need to pay attention to these ongoing concerns.
To thwart records requests, LMPD used app to automatically delete messages
Are any other state or local agencies doing the same thing?
Live out of state? Our ‘open records’ are closed to you.
Want to look at nursing home inspection records for your aging Kentucky mother? Too bad – our lawmakers won’t let you.
This time, the Open Records law worked as intended
It was interpreted objectively, free of politics, prejudice, and passion.
