The Covington City Commission unanimously voted to change the city’s open records ordinance this week. Specifically, the change adds a line requiring Kentucky residency for those making requests. The new ordinance (and the state generally) define a resident as one of the following: The new ordinance also strikes language from the previous ordinance that prevented […]
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Ballots are secret, right? Inside the court case over ballot inspection
If you go down to the county clerk’s office and make a public records request, can you examine ballots cast in an election? A case moving through the Kentucky court system involving a Boone County resident aims to answer that question, and the most recent ruling in the case, made at the end of April […]
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Op-ed: The secrecy in Frankfort continues to get worse
Written by Amye Bensenhaver, co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition and a retired assistant attorney general who specialized in open records laws. Across the nation — and particularly in Arizona and Mississippi — opposition is rising to state legislatures’ direct and indirect efforts to exclude themselves from public oversight. A chorus of newspapers, including The […]