Newsletter

Coming up in the General Assembly and in the courts

court rulings on recusal and unsealing; Ark. effort again blocked; backlog

secret ballots?; admin leave for what reason; lawmakers can change that

reconstituted bodies fire, change meeting times, make new rules

GA bills; capitol hoax; secret complaints; no records on former rep

public tunnel; coaching contract; AI & public participation

lots of signaling; law as it was, not as it is; the Pound rebound

judge rules it’s OK to not name names; the whole thing’s privileged?

speculative harm; vacancy bill; GO Virginia data; Disney v. Desantis

FOIA Friday; student data breach; case update

deal on records forgery; and incoming makes three; fees across the US

public input needed at all times; God bless everybody — most everybody

our new faces; trends: lack of transparency in local governments, police body cam footage

no way to run a council; no info b/c it might change?; anonymous surveys

FOIA Friday; whistleblower; salaries; database of human remains

FOIA Council meeting; 27 hours of comment; snowplows

rights restoration records; complaining a lot; is transparency a partisan word?

no notice?; secret meeting?; rotating locations; hearing prep; AI’s need for public data

suing for report; 136 requests reveal why system is broken; not “qualified”

FOIA Friday; good government training; surveillance center; it’s about financial risk

civics ed fund; on 2nd thought; anguished email; 11th missed meeting

consensus is action; contract renewal; text exchange; legislative turnover

support for the process; FOIA in Fairfax; don’t show me in the Show Me State

ethics policies; charges dropped; you can’t even get your record; Md. vital records