Public Universities

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

Threats to independent public media prompt WKU Regents to adopt Code of Editorial Integrity

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 12, 2023

Governing boards ignore warning signs; rubber stamp contract extensions and approve salary increases

Amye Bensenhaver

Jun 6, 2023

Unanimous MSU regent vote to extend president’s contract and raise pay ignores serious questions raised by WPSD-6

Amye Bensenhaver

Jun 3, 2023

Respected journalist Al Cross weighs in on Murray State University controversy

Amye Bensenhaver

Jun 2, 2023

Daniel Cameron accepts the GOP gubernatorial nomination

Addendum: Through the open government lens darkly

Amye Bensenhaver

May 21, 2023

Facebook page for Murray Statd University News

The attack on a free press continues at Murray State University with its student newspaper’s “reimagining”

Amye Bensenhaver

May 12, 2023

A secret presidential search is the first of many “problems on the hill” that transparency might remedy

Amye Bensenhaver

May 2, 2023

Notice of Appeal in KSU Foundation v State Journal

Release of KSU special exam coincides with KSU Foundation open records appeal

Amye Bensenhaver

Mar 22, 2023

Judge Phillip Shepherd and final judgment in KSU Foundation case

Court awards nearly $30,000 in attorneys fees and costs to prevailing newspaper in open records appeal

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 22, 2023

In re: Perry Boxc/Murray State University

Attorney General rejects Murray State’s reliance on First Amendment to deny media open records request, but requester still comes up empty handed

Amye Bensenhaver

Feb 10, 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

Kentucky Attorney General inhospitable to WKU’s argument that hospitality rider in contract is exempt from public inspection

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 7, 2022

Photo of a poster declaring “Harassers out of the workplace” from the Chronicle of Higher Education

“Pass the Harasser”: How public records reveal what the harassers (and often their public employers) will not

Amye Bensenhaver

Dec 4, 2022

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

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

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

First page of Murray State’s denial of WPSD request

The First Amendment as the enemy of open government?

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 13, 2022

Coalition Blog - Public Universities

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

Threats to independent public media prompt WKU Regents to adopt Code of Editorial Integrity

Governing boards ignore warning signs; rubber stamp contract extensions and approve salary increases

Unanimous MSU regent vote to extend president’s contract and raise pay ignores serious questions raised by WPSD-6

Respected journalist Al Cross weighs in on Murray State University controversy

Addendum: Through the open government lens darkly

The attack on a free press continues at Murray State University with its student newspaper’s “reimagining”

A secret presidential search is the first of many “problems on the hill” that transparency might remedy

Release of KSU special exam coincides with KSU Foundation open records appeal

Court awards nearly $30,000 in attorneys fees and costs to prevailing newspaper in open records appeal

Attorney General rejects Murray State’s reliance on First Amendment to deny media open records request, but requester still comes up empty handed

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

Top Ten Open Government Stories of 2022 Part ll

Top Ten Open Government Stories of 2022, Part l

Kentucky Attorney General inhospitable to WKU’s argument that hospitality rider in contract is exempt from public inspection

“Pass the Harasser”: How public records reveal what the harassers (and often their public employers) will not

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

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

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

The First Amendment as the enemy of open government?

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