Created a bot to post cases from the #Pennsylvania Open Records docket: @OpenRecordsPA

It's a feed of decisions used by the OOR and is a good way to know what other #OpenRecords requesters are requesting

"The court unanimously rejected the governor’s argument that her office wasn’t required to respond in a timely manner to record requests and that she could bypass the state’s #openrecords law by simply ignoring the requests". https://apnews.com/article/reynolds-open-records-settlement-iowa-b643dcc5c83fa9992c8770f0dfc446ad

This is my regular reminder that the lone finalist loophole in the Texas Public Information Act is awful and should be done away with, but it won’t. https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/new-braunfels-isd-names-lone-superintendent-finalist/article_68ab979c-e50b-11ed-a525-2ba1329e06a3.html
#journalism #openrecords

Wondering about the UW-Madison Provost search? “Who were the candidates, again?” Well you’ll have to use the Internet Archive, bc the candidates and their CVs have been deleted from the UW website. 🤬#OpenRecords https://web.archive.org/web/20230406170020/https://provost.wisc.edu/2023/03/30/provost-search/

Someone was shot and killed in Sandy Springs and this is literally all that the police department included in their incident report. #foia #openrecords #crime #sandysprings #sandyspringscrier #appenmedia

"Senate Bill 9 ... would conceal law enforcement investigative reports, 911 recordings, photographs and any other records connected to a death if law enforcement agencies determine it was not the result of a crime."

With respect to the Judd family, who are reportedly proponents of this bill, this is bad policy and would hamper discovery in civil wrongful death actions.

Good coverage by the Tennessee Lookout, by the way.

https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/12/05/senate-majority-leader-sponsors-bill-to-close-public-records-in-non-criminal-death-investigations/

#Tennessee #Law #TennesseeLookout #OpenRecords

Journalist sues Oklahoma governor, attorney general over records request delays
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/government/2022/11/23/oklahoma-journalist-sues-governor-kevin-stitt-over-records/69666504007/

#Oklahoma #lawsuit #openrecords

Follow the money. https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cobb/whistleblower-cobb-clerk-ordered-employee-to-delete-passport-records/3KYGB4O5PRG7TMNEXSHXSDXUKE/ #cobbcounty #ajc #openrecords #journalism

Missouri court orders Sen. Josh Hawley to pay $12,000 in civil penalties plus attorney fees for violating state Sunshine Law, after he used private email to dodge public scrutiny while running for his 2018 senate seat. Sadly, a small price for him to pay for breaking the law as state AG he was charged with upholding. #FOIA #openrecords https://missouriindependent.com/2022/11/15/missouri-judge-rules-ags-office-under-josh-hawley-knowingly-violated-transparency-laws/