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The Kentucky Press Association sharply criticized the legislation, saying its unconstitutional and "a broadside attack on the First Amendment."

The Kentucky Open Government Coalition has once again compiled its list of the Top 10 Open Government Stories of the year. In 2021, lawmakers, public officials, public agencies, and a

View Comments LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Jefferson County Attorney’s office says lawyers for The Courier Journal have misstated the record in their fight to get hundreds of thousands of documents from the disbanded Louisville Metro Police Explorer program for youths interested in law enforcement.  And County Attorney Mike O’Connell’s office is asking for permission to file a friend-of-the-court brief defending his offices honor in The Courier Journals suit.  But Courier Journal atto...

Posted By Electronic Frontier Foundation on Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 9:57 AM click to enlarge And the worst offenders of the year are... The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: "Biden is making transparency cool again." This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparen...

Caitlyn Crites The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: “Biden is making transparency cool again.”  This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information — the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people — has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncove...

Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public records and experienced retaliation,

Several Kentucky Democrats objected in vain before the House passed the bill one day after it was filed.

Jeff Neal This is an era where the publics trust of elected officials — no matter where they sit on the political spectrum — is at an all-time low. So why do Kentucky lawmakers seem primed to weaken the Commonwealths Open Records Law? Lawmakers in the Kentucky House voted 71-27 last Friday to advance a bill that imposes a residency requirement on open records requests and gives lawmakers the ability to deny requests without the option of appeal. It now heads to the Senate for a com...

Opinion: Bill to weaken Kentucky Open Records Act needs more scrutiny HB 312 would make leaders of the General Assembly the sole judges of what legislative records could be released to the public. It passed in the Kentucky House on Friday. Reps. Walker Thomas, Myron Dossett and Lynn Bechler, whose districts include parts of Christian County, all voted for the bill. by Bluegrass Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists 2:04 pm, March 1, 2021 Sha...

HB 312 prohibits open records requests from those outside of Kentucky and gives the legislature final power over what legislative records are exempt.