Appellate Courts

Open government laws make national headlines: Is it possible Kentucky leads the way?

Amye Bensenhaver

Mar 25, 2023

Motion to file memo in support of granting review and reply in opposition

Attorney General abandons neutral role in reviewing open records appeals in motion to Kentucky Supreme Court

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 25, 2023

Ashley Gruner v Department of Kentucky State Police

Franklin Circuit Court affirms recent appellate court ruling that KRS 17.150(2) does not swallow the limitations found in KRS 61.878(1)(h)

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 23, 2023

Two more records related bills are moving in the legislature

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 12, 2023

Screenshot of email exchanged by Eastern Kentucky University officials

EKU officials’ email a sad reminder of the looming threat to the open records law

Amye Bensenhaver

Jan 12, 2023

Banner announcing Coalition’s Top Ten Open Government Stories of 2022

Fish and Wildlife Commission files brief in open records litigation with Open Government Coalition

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 27, 2022

Photo of police car with “Police Records” caption

The Herald-Leader examines law enforcement agencies’ continuing defiance of Kentucky open records laws

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 20, 2022

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

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

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

Excerpt from Chief Justice John Minton’s State of the Judiciary Address

A View from the Bench: The Chief Justice’s Final State of the Judiciary Address

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 22, 2022

Screenshot of photo taken in a county clerk’s office and tweeted by the Secretary of State

Don’t blame the open records law, blame the user of the law who abuses the law

Amye Bensenhaver

Sep 2, 2022

“See you back in court”: The cost of defending the public’s right to know continues to rise courtesy of the KSU Foundation

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 27, 2022

Tennessee v Kentucky: how the states line up on access to law enforcement records

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 14, 2022

The Voice Tribune will soon be shuttered but it’s critical role in the open records law should not be forgotten

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 5, 2022

Official’s emails with political consultants on public devices as public records: what are the odds?

Amye Bensenhaver

Jul 23, 2022

Unbalanced scales of Justice sitting on law books

Deep pockets tip the scales of justice in public agency favor

Amye Bensenhaver

Jul 22, 2022

Courier Journal screenshot of messages exchanged by prosecutor and defendant of Facebook messenger

Prosecutor messages with defendant on Facebook Messenger (relating to discharge of official duties) are public records

Amye Bensenhaver

Jul 13, 2022

Can Daniel Cameron objectively bridge these troubled open records waters?

Amye Bensenhaver

May 5, 2022

Coalition Blog - Appellate Courts

Open government laws make national headlines: Is it possible Kentucky leads the way?

Attorney General abandons neutral role in reviewing open records appeals in motion to Kentucky Supreme Court

Franklin Circuit Court affirms recent appellate court ruling that KRS 17.150(2) does not swallow the limitations found in KRS 61.878(1)(h)

Two more records related bills are moving in the legislature

EKU officials’ email a sad reminder of the looming threat to the open records law

Top Ten Open Government Stories of 2022 Part ll

Fish and Wildlife Commission files brief in open records litigation with Open Government Coalition

The Herald-Leader examines law enforcement agencies’ continuing defiance of Kentucky open records laws

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

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

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

A View from the Bench: The Chief Justice’s Final State of the Judiciary Address

Don’t blame the open records law, blame the user of the law who abuses the law

“See you back in court”: The cost of defending the public’s right to know continues to rise courtesy of the KSU Foundation

Tennessee v Kentucky: how the states line up on access to law enforcement records

The Voice Tribune will soon be shuttered but it’s critical role in the open records law should not be forgotten

Official’s emails with political consultants on public devices as public records: what are the odds?

Deep pockets tip the scales of justice in public agency favor

Prosecutor messages with defendant on Facebook Messenger (relating to discharge of official duties) are public records

Can Daniel Cameron objectively bridge these troubled open records waters?

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