Public Universities

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

Tapping in to university defiance of public records law

Amye Bensenhaver

Nov 8, 2022

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

Rethinking secret public university presidential searches

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 31, 2022

Official seal of the University of Kentucky

Kentucky Attorney General’s finds that University of Kentucky obfuscates—again

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 18, 2022

Legislative summary for SB 6, Kentucky’s NIL law

ESPN examines secrecy that surrounds Name, Image, Likeness policies at universities

Amye Bensenhaver

Oct 7, 2022

Foundation and newspaper attorneys spar over production of records at hearing on newspaper’s motion to compel

Amye Bensenhaver

Sep 28, 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

First page of August 11 Franklin Circuit Court opinion declaring that Kentucky State University Foundation is a public agency for open records purposes

A major win for open government as the Franklin Circuit Court affirms longstanding precedent establishing that KSU Foundation is a public agency subject to the open records law

Amye Bensenhaver

Aug 11, 2022

Coalition Blog - Public Universities

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?

Tapping in to university defiance of public records law

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

Rethinking secret public university presidential searches

Kentucky Attorney General’s finds that University of Kentucky obfuscates—again

ESPN examines secrecy that surrounds Name, Image, Likeness policies at universities

Foundation and newspaper attorneys spar over production of records at hearing on newspaper’s motion to compel

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

A major win for open government as the Franklin Circuit Court affirms longstanding precedent establishing that KSU Foundation is a public agency subject to the open records law

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