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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: KY Lawmakers display alarming misunderstanding of police, transparency

March 20, 2025March 19, 20251

There’s a picture that apparently exists in the minds of the majority of Kentucky lawmakers.  It’s a picture of a…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: No need for HB 520, clarification of exception to open records law

March 4, 2025March 3, 20250

House Bill 520, “an act relating to law enforcement records,” is not — as its sponsor testified in the House…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Can Governor, Auditor come to agreement for public good?

July 27, 2024July 26, 20240

Gov. Andy Beshear and Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball squared off earlier this month in a legal dispute over the auditor’s…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: WKU open meetings controversy easily resolved — read statute

June 25, 2024June 24, 20240

In the midst of an open meetings controversy at Western Kentucky University involving an illegal series of less than quorum…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Transparency should be rule in KY penshioners challenge to hedge funds

May 23, 20240

The details are still a bit sketchy, but it is clear that attorneys representing the parties in Kentucky’s pension litigation…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: After legislature, a reminder of importance of state’s open records laws

May 1, 20240

As the ink dries on the last bills from the 2024 legislative session to be signed into law or vetoed,…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Savor the moment but stay alert — as HB 509 died quiet death in legislature

April 17, 20240

In responses ranging from disinterested to comatose, Republican leadership registered little concern about the demise of HB 509 Monday night….

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: House Bill 509 did not emerge from the legislative session; will it be back?

March 30, 2024March 29, 20240

Reporters frantically recapped the last day of the 2024 Regular Session — before the ten day veto period and final…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Discussing House Bill 509 relating to access to public records and meetings

March 23, 2024March 22, 20240

With only a few days remaining in the 2024 Regular Session, the fate of House Bill 509, “An Act relating to…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: Nearly 50 years of open records law dismantled in a matter of minutes

March 14, 2024March 13, 20240

Approximately nine minutes. That was the duration of the March 12 floor debate in the House of Representatives on House…

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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: FERPA wall keeps secret a school board’s ‘investigation’ of counselor

January 22, 2024January 21, 20240

I questioned the Anderson County Board of Education’s refusal to disclose the investigative report into widely publicized accusations leveled against…

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Kentucky Open Government Coalition counts down top open government stories of 2023

January 1, 2024December 31, 20230

By Amye Bensenhaver Kentucky Open Government Coalition The Kentucky Open Government Coalition has once again compiled a list of the…

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Op-Ed – Amye Bensenhaver: Court of Appeals got it right on public business and personal emails

November 4, 2023November 3, 20230

Open government advocates are inclined to rhapsodize about every judicial victory that advances the cause of public agency accountability and…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Arkansas rebuffs Gov. Sanders’ efforts to upend state’s Freedom of Information Act

September 25, 2023September 25, 20230

It’s doubtful that Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders anticipated the national firestorm she would ignite on September 8 when she…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Campbell County ed board v. Ken Moellman, open meetings challenge and masks

August 28, 2023August 27, 20230

“The purpose of open meetings laws is to provide a window, not a weapon for political sparring.” Campbell County Board…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Only grade for legislature, its supermajority, Daniel Cameron is ‘F’ on open records

August 16, 2023August 15, 20231

Which of the following is true of the General Assembly and its supermajority? A. it excluded itself and it’s administrative…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Attorney General’s disdain for transparency a preview of possible governorship

July 24, 2023July 24, 20232

In a week that witnessed the state’s print media question the importance of a HuffPost article focusing on the Kentucky…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Independence Day behind us, let us renew efforts to demand Freedom of Information

July 5, 2023July 5, 20230

“I signed this measure with a deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which…

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Amye Bensenhaver: A cautionary tale, indeed, for Cameron and his penchant for ignoring precedent

June 22, 2023July 23, 20230

The Oldham County Circuit Court’s June 13 open meetings opinion in J. Albert Harrison v. Oldham County Ethics Commission should…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Covington officials ignore real law to keep records from family in Daulton jail killing

June 14, 2023June 20, 20230

For law enforcement agencies accustomed to issuing blanket denials of open records requests for records compiled in an “open” investigation,…

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Amye Bensenhaver: What would ‘open government’ look like if Daniel Cameron is elected governor?

May 29, 20235

What would a Daniel Cameron gubernatorial administration look like through the lens of Kentucky’s open government laws? In a word:…

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Amye Bensenhaver: After months of rancor at state level, Taylor Mill returns to ‘politics’ of the people

May 20, 20230

In a public meeting described as “strained,” the Taylor Mill City Commission recently focused on constituent concerns about a year-old…

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