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First page of Shively Police Department’s petition for rehearing

What’s the harm? Shively Police Department petitions Court of Appeals for a rehearing in recent case

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 1, 2022

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Seal of the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General

Open records decisions issued by the Attorney General’s Office last week

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 28, 2022

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Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving' feast with a serving in of giblets

Kentucky Open Government Coalition’s 2022 Giblets Awards: University Edition

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 27, 2022

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Seal of Eastern Kentucky University

Is Eastern Kentucky University the latest bastion of academic freedom to join the growing band of public universities intent on concealing uncomfortable truths?

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 25, 2022

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Official seal of the Kentucky Attorney General

Open records decisions issued by the Attorney General last week

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 21, 2022

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First page of WPSD open records appeal if Murray State’s open records request denial

WPSD pursues open records appeal of Murray State denial and files a separate request for additional records

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 17, 2022

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Official photos of Reps. Hatton, Minter, and Wheatley

“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of”: one man’s dream is another man’s nightmare

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 16, 2022

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Official seal of the Kentucky Attorney General

Open meetings and open records decisions issued by the Kentucky Attorney General last week

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 14, 2022

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First page of Murray State’s denial of WPSD request

The First Amendment as the enemy of open government?

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 13, 2022

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Facebook post by Debby Yetter with ofHoot from her first appearance on “Comment on Kentucky”

A quiet farewell to a role model for all investigative reporters and an open government hero

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 12, 2022

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Court of Appeals opinion in Courier Journal v Shively Police Department

Kentucky Court of Appeals’ opinion rejects law enforcement claims that all records in an open investigation are exempt from public inspection

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 11, 2022

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Photo of Jusge Phillip Shepherd from his campaign website

Outcome of Franklin County judicial race secures open government for eight more years

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 9, 2022

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A backstage scene from “Spinal Tap”

Tapping in to university defiance of public records law

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 8, 2022

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Emblem for WKUHerald.com

Shades of “Spinal Tap”: Is a contract term a “record confidentially disclosed to an agency”; are “hospitality services” trade secrets?

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 7, 2022

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Official seal of the Kentucky Attorney General

Open records decisions issued by the Kentucky Attorney General

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 7, 2022

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First page of Judicial Conduct Commission’s final order removing judge from office

Circuit court judge removed for, among other things, using his influence to thwart open records request and resulting story

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 4, 2022

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Banner reading “Presidential Search”

Rethinking secret public university presidential searches

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 31, 2022

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Official seal of Kentucky Attorney General

Open records decisions issued by the Kentucky Attorney General last week

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 31, 2022

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Screenshot of a magnifying glass

Questions persist about Kentucky’s open records “residency requirement”

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 28, 2022

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Statement of the case in Kentucky Open Government Coalition v Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission

Coalition’s open records lawsuit is moving in the appellate courts

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 26, 2022

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