A summary of the November, 2018, Kentucky Supreme Court opinion affirming the public's right of access to unappealed final rulings issued by the Department of Revenue in tax protests. The article, published by The Lane Report, briefly recounts the Department of Revenue's failed attempt to secretly insert a new exception into the open records law and effectively reverse the Kentucky Supreme Court's opinion. For anyone who has ever wondered how the Department of Revenue interprets the state's tax laws, this case is tremendously important