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Spectrum News interviews Rep. James Topton

Kentucky supermajority earns a failing grade for it most recent weaponization of public records

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 13, 2023

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Seal of the Kentucky General Assembly

Delayed access to legislators’ travel expense records

Amye Bensenhaver

Mar 24, 2023

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Home page of the Legislative Research Commission Website

What remains of the policies that informed the Kentucky Legislature’s enactment of the open meetings law in 1974?

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 14, 2023

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Home page of the Legislative Research Commission Website

A plea for greater legislative transparency as the 2023 legislative session begins in earnest.

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 5, 2023

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View of the Kentucky State Capitol

In matters of legislative secrecy, Kentucky leads Mississippi in the race to the bottom

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 10, 2022

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1975-1975 Kentucky Legislative Report

The open records law from its inception to its threatened demise

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 3, 2022

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Editorial cartoon from The State Journal depicting a closed door and the preferred darkness at Kentucky’s General Assembly (by permission of The State Journal).

What remains of public access to legislative record after 2021 adoption of “legislative exemption?”

Amye Bensenhaver

Sep 24, 2022

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Screenshot of Louisville’s Open Data Portal

Transparency websites at the state and local level afford access to public information without bureaucratic hurdles

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 2, 2022

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A 2021 editorial cartoon from The Frankfort State Journal

Legislative quick takes from the 2022 Regular Session

Amye Bensenhaver

Apr 19, 2022

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Electronic Frontier Foundation press release announcing Public Resource victory

“Freeing the laws”: Electronic Frontier Foundation announces Public Resource victory in the federal courts

Amye Bensenhaver

Apr 3, 2022

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Rep. Jim Stewart (Legislative Research Commission)

Lexington Herald-Leader’s open records victory overshadowed

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 4, 2022

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