Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: House Bill 509 did not emerge from the legislative session; will it be back?
Reporters frantically recapped the last day of the 2024 Regular Session — before the ten day veto period and final…
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As Cameron left, his office agreed to pay nearly $100k settlement to settle open records lawsuit
By Deborah Yetter The Kentucky Lantern Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office agreed to pay $99,750 to settle a…
Op-Ed – Amye Bensenhaver: Hoping for best on FOI and open records under new AG Russell Coleman
Speculating on the future of Kentucky’s open government laws under Attorney General-elect Russell Coleman may be premature, even unfair, but…
Analysis: Public records and their destruction is yet another subterfuge to avoid accountability
By Amye Besenhaver Kentucky Open Government Coalition Mirroring controversies at the national level, illegal destruction of public records is now…
Amye Bensenhaver: As AG, Cameron is danger to public’s right to know, would be worse as Governor
While there is no Kentucky Attorney General who is — or was — deserving of consistently high grades for dispassionately…
Amye Besenhaver: It’s Sunshine Week, met with mixed emotions; public’s business should be public
Once again, the Kentucky Open Government Coalition celebrates Sunshine Week this coming week with mixed emotions. It is, of course,…
Scott Horn: State’s property valuation administrators earning big bucks on the sale of public records
Property Valuation Administrators are earning big bucks selling public records back to the public. In the current fiscal year, they…
Amye Bensenhaver: Kentucky Open Government Coalition offers a brief look at the 2020 top ten stories
As a particularly painful year draws to a close, the Kentucky Open Government Coalition takes a look at the top…
Amye Bensenhaver: Plenty of reasons to care about Texas’ Enrique Iglesias public records case
In December 2015, Enrique Iglesias performed for one hour at a McAllen, Texas holiday event sponsored by the city. Who…
Gov. Beshear releases undisclosed documents related to state’s investment in Braidy Industries
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Gov. Andy Beshear has released documents related to Kentucky’s investment in Braidy Industries. The documents…
KYCIR: State Senator says he didn’t write the bill he filed restricting public records access
By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting A state senator who pre-filed a bill that would broadly restrict access…
Kentucky Kernel: KY’s public universities keep ‘confidential’ their employees’ sexual misconduct
By Matt Smith Kentucky Kernel A Kentucky Kernel investigation into the policies of state universities found many of Kentucky’s public…