Newspapers delve into alleged Sunshine Law violations in zoning vote
The Knoxville News Sentinel in its Sunday edition digs into a lawsuit alleging violations of the Open Meetings Act in Greene County when approval was given to rezone land for a Continue Reading...
View ArticleChattanooga judge voids $9 million deal on Open Meetings violation
A citizen spent $50,000 of her own money to bring a lawsuit against Chattanooga’s industrial development board, and won. Hamilton County Chancellor Frank Brown says the board violated the Tennessee...
View ArticleAppeals Court hears arguments on reach of execution drug secrecy
The Tennessean covered the arguments before the Court of Appeals Monday concerning an exemption to the Tennessee Public Records Act passed in 2013 that makes the source of execution drugs confidential....
View ArticleGreene County IDB argues citizens don’t have a right to hear deliberations at...
The County Industrial Development Board of Greeneville and Greene County is arguing in a lawsuit that the Open Meetings Act does not require that citizens be able to hear deliberations Continue Reading...
View ArticleRequest to appeal Vanderbilt records case aims to settle what police can...
The Tennessean, seven other media outlets, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters and Tennessee Coalition for Open Government have filed a request with the Tennessee Supreme Court to appeal a lower...
View ArticleTCOG, SPJ-East TN: Arguments in Open Meetings case make a mockery of state’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2014 CONTACTS: Deborah Fisher, executive director, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, fisher@tcog.info, (615) 602-4080; Michael T. Martinez, president of the...
View ArticleJudge allows public records lawsuit against Sumner County schools to proceed
GALLATIN — The Sumner County School Board lost the first round in a court fight Friday to be able to reject public records requests from citizens who make those requests Continue Reading Tennessee...
View ArticleNFOIC and SPJ combine war chests to fight for Freedom of Information
Joint press release from SPJ-NFOIC. (TCOG is a member of NFOIC): INDIANAPOLIS/Jefferson City – The Society of Professional Journalists and the National Freedom of Information Coalition are joining...
View ArticleJudge says Sumner County Schools denied public records request, but not willful
Sumner County Judge Dee David Gay said Thursday in preliminary findings that Sumner County Schools denied a public records request from open government advocate Ken Jakes, but that he heard Continue...
View ArticleJudge rules Sumner County Schools violated public records law, orders it to stop
GALLATIN — Nearly 20 months after citizen Ken Jakes requested to see the Sumner County Schools public records policy, Sumner County Judge Dee Gay ruled today that the school district Continue Reading...
View ArticleReport: Fiscal impact of tax breaks kept confidential
Tom Humphrey reports in his Humphrey on the Hill blog about a report to the state’s Fiscal Review Committee last week that highlights an inability to measure the cost of tax Continue Reading Tennessee...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court rules dash cam videos are public records
In ruling that rejects a blanket investigatory exemption for police records, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that dash cam video is in general a public record, subject to Continue Reading...
View ArticleGreene County IDB argues citizens don’t have a right to hear deliberations at...
The County Industrial Development Board of Greeneville and Greene County is arguing in a lawsuit that the Open Meetings Act does not require that citizens be able to hear deliberations of a governing...
View ArticleRequest to appeal Vanderbilt records case aims to settle what police can...
The Tennessean, seven other media outlets, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters and Tennessee Coalition for Open Government have filed a request with the Tennessee Supreme Court to appeal a lower...
View ArticleTCOG, SPJ-East TN: Arguments in Open Meetings case make a mockery of state’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2014 CONTACTS: Deborah Fisher, executive director, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, fisher@tcog.info, (615) 602-4080; Michael T. Martinez, president of the...
View ArticleJudge allows public records lawsuit against Sumner County schools to proceed
Sumner County Judge Dee David Gay listens to arguments by attorney Kirk Clements, who says his client was wrongly denied access to public records. GALLATIN -- The Sumner County School Board lost the...
View ArticleNFOIC and SPJ combine war chests to fight for Freedom of Information
Joint press release from SPJ-NFOIC. (TCOG is a member of NFOIC): INDIANAPOLIS/Jefferson City - The Society of Professional Journalists and the National Freedom of Information Coalition are joining...
View ArticleJudge says Sumner County Schools denied public records request, but not willful
Sumner County Judge Dee David Gay said Thursday in preliminary findings that Sumner County Schools denied a public records request from open government advocate Ken Jakes, but that he heard no proof...
View ArticleJudge rules Sumner County Schools violated public records law, orders it to stop
GALLATIN -- Nearly 20 months after citizen Ken Jakes requested to see the Sumner County Schools public records policy, Sumner County Judge Dee Gay ruled today that the school district violated...
View ArticleReport: Fiscal impact of tax breaks kept confidential
Tom Humphrey reports in his Humphrey on the Hill blog about a report to the state's Fiscal Review Committee last week that highlights an inability to measure the cost of tax breaks because of a...
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