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Legislation to amend the Kentucky Open Records Act cleared a Senate committee despite bipartisan criticism that it would undermine government transparency, though a controversial part of the bill was rejected.
FRANKFORT — Under Kentucky’s Open Records Act, journalists and private citizens can request certain information to hold public agencies accountable for their use of taxpayer dollars and authority.
Kentucky lawmakers attached a rider bill to an unrelated measure establishing age verification targeting adult websites.
In a rare change of mind, a Senate committee rejected a measure that open government advocates warned would dismantle Kentucky’s open records law.
The past few weeks have seen progressively disruptive spikes in the prevalence of the generative algorithmic tools collectively known as AI.