Fulton County DA Fani Willis threatens lawsuit over Georgia law stripping party labels from Atlanta-area elections
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kemp’s Deadline Day brings budget cuts and election shake-ups
Tuesday was the last day the governor could act on legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature sent to his desk this ...
Janesville Gazette
The Gazette launches weekly feature "Your Right to Know" focusing on access to open public records
Transparency, accountability, and free access to open public records are not new, and they are not revolutionary ideas. But they are essential to open governments and a reasonably informed public. So ...
The Courier-Journal
Gerth: If you don't trust government, you're gonna hate this | Opinion
I’m still trying to figure out if the Kentucky Supreme Court ruling last week that said some government officials can hide their official activities by communicating via text message is a complete ...
cbs12.com
DeSantis signs another 9 new laws: Unlicensed drivers, guns in church, body cameras
Second suspect charged after viral confrontation with 13-year-old in Boca Raton Another man was arrested following a viral confrontation involving a 13-year-old who was riding an e-bike inside the ...
Lexington Herald Leader
KY Supreme Court says officials can hide public info in private phones, emails
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Open Records Act does not cover public records sent over privately owned devices by public officials. DIEGO_CERVO Getty Images/iStockphoto Supreme ...
The Indianapolis Star
Carmel broke Indiana public records law over $500,000 settlement, judge rules
The City of Carmel infringed on state law while withholding public records showing it paid half a million dollars to a city employee in a settlement, according to a judge’s ruling in a legal battle ...
New York Post
UK landlords advertising ‘Muslim only’ housing in potential violation of discrimination laws
British landlords are allegedly advertising “Muslim only” rentals to prospective tenants around London in a clear violation of the country’s housing discrimination laws, according to a report. Dozens ...
Janesville Gazette
SNOW Janesville enlists environmental law group in open records dispute with city of Janesville
JANESVILLE — SNOW Janesville is getting legal help from a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization after the group says the city of Janesville seeks to charge snow $1,000 for records about ...
CNN
White House tells court it’s preserving presidential records even though DOJ said law is unconstitutional
White House staff are still following the “preservation” mandates of the Presidential Records Act, the Justice Department told a federal court as it pushes back on a new lawsuit challenging the Trump ...
The New York Times
Restrictions on Transgender Students Violated Law, New York Finds
Two school districts had similar policies that required students to use facilities that were gender neutral or aligned with their sex assigned at birth. By Matthew Haag Two Long Island school ...