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Amye Bensenhaver: Recent Fayette Circuit Court decision another major victory for open records law

June 4, 2019June 3, 20190

With very little fanfare, the open records law recently claimed another victory in the Fayette Circuit Court. On April 25,…

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KY Supreme Court rules in favor of Frost Brown Todd on Department of Revenue open records case

April 23, 2019April 22, 20190

Kentucky taxpayers now have access to the state’s Department of Revenue (DOR) tax rulings. The case, Department of Revenue v….

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Amye Bensenhaver: Legislative crisis averted; no (known) new exceptions to open records enacted

April 1, 2019March 31, 20190

It was down to the wire, but Kentuckians narrowly escaped passage of several new exceptions aimed at reducing the rights…

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Amye Bensenhaver: How to succeed in open records by refusing to take ‘no’ for an answer

March 30, 2019March 29, 20191

Al Cross, director of the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, has succeeded where other open…

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Amye Bensenhaver: A new exception to open records should always raise legislative red flags

March 17, 2019March 16, 20191

Twice this week we were reminded of a common argument used by public agencies to avoid their statutory duties under…

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Al Cross: As General Assembly ends, it did not — in most big ways — act in the public interest

March 15, 20190

FRANKFORT – With almost all its work done, has the current session of the Kentucky General Assembly acted in the…

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Amye Bensenhaver: By stealth legislators go for more stealth; HB 387 is example, sadly, of ‘darkness as best disinfectant’

March 3, 2019February 28, 20190

There is one provision of the Kentucky open records law that Representative Jason Petrie (R-Elkton) neglected to include in the…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Public right to know; consumer lenders don’t deserve secrecy on disclosures

February 26, 2019February 25, 20190

HB 285, sponsored by Michael Meredith, (R-Oakland), is a 30-page bill that is intended to “modernize” regulation and oversight of…

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Amye Bensenhaver: The sunlight fades in Kentucky; open government takes and needs constant vigilance

February 18, 2019February 17, 20190

In an era when virtually every public official gives lip service to the importance of transparency and accountability, what is…

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Amye Bensenhaver: Some things shouldn’t change; ‘selective disclosure’ does not apply to open records

January 13, 2019January 13, 20190

A bedrock principle of the open records law has recently come under fire. BR 821, pre-filed by Danny Carroll (R-Paducah),…

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KYCIR: State Senator says he didn’t write the bill he filed restricting public records access

January 9, 2019January 8, 20190

By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting A state senator who pre-filed a bill that would broadly restrict access…

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Amye Bensenhaver: An analysis of statutory scheme that undermines Kentucky’s open records law

January 9, 2019January 9, 20190

The unnamed authors of BR 821, sponsored by Representative Danny Carroll (R-Paducah), are described by Carroll as “a state Homeland…

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Amye Bensenhaver: The year in review — open government defeats and victories in 2018

December 31, 2018January 8, 20190

From a failed legislative attempt to undermine the open records law by redefining “public record” to exclude public officials’ communications…

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Mark Wohlander: Supreme Court finally says it’s not above the law on open records, but whistleblowing?

August 16, 2017August 15, 20170

One could only hope Chief Justice John D. Minton was sincere when he said “transparency and accountability are bedrock principles…

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Amye Bensenhaver joins Bluegrass Institute as director of Center for Open Government

May 4, 2017May 3, 20170

Amye Bensenhaver, one of the foremost experts on Kentucky’s nationally recognized open records and open meetings laws, is joining the…

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Fayette Circuit Court rules for UK in lawsuit over documents related to ex-professor’s sexual abuse

January 24, 2017January 24, 20170

Judge Thomas Clark, Fayette Circuit Court 8th Division, has set aside Attorney General Andy Beshear’s ruling in a case involving…

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Bill Straub: In legal dispute with school newspaper, UK’s Capilouto doesn’t have a leg to stand on

September 22, 2016September 22, 20161

WASHINGTON – This is a tale about stonewalling at an institution that, sadly, remains more revered for its basketball prowess…

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Marjorie Kirk: Balancing ethics, minimizing harm, seeking truth related to sexual assaults on campus

September 15, 2016September 15, 20160

Marjorie Kirk is editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel, the student newspaper at the University of Kentucky. The Kernel and the…

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Attorney General says University of Louisville violated Open Records Act denying records on basketball ban decision

September 2, 20160

By William Teague Special to NKyTribune The University of Louisville violated the Open Records Act when it failed to provide…

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Commentary: Responsibility to share information at odds with protecting privacy of students, faculty

August 15, 20160

By Eli Capilouto Special to NKyTribune Our University has been involved in a series of legal actions regarding open records…

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