Public has little access to teacher discipline records
September 28, 2008: Better background checks and stricter state oversight might do more to protect Indiana children from dangerous teachers, but other states have found that giving the public more information can be critical, too.
In Indiana, the public is barred from finding out so much information that it becomes impossible to tell how big -- or small -- the problem of teacher misconduct may be. Read the full article here.
Long Thompson wants probe of Daniels' planes use
September 10, 2008: Democrat Jill Long Thompson's campaign filed a complaint with the state Inspector General's office Wednesday seeking a formal investigation of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' election-year use of state aircraft.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate's campaign also filed a public records request seeking Daniels' travel logs and the e-mails, phone records and time sheets of all state workers who may have helped plan his trips or traveled with him. Read the full article here.
No wrong done in records denial, access counselor says
September 10, 2008: Indiana open records law was not violated when the Jeffersonville Clerk-Treasurer’s office did not release credit card statements, according to an opinion recently issued by Indiana Public Access Counselor Heather Willis Neal.
The opinion followed a complaint by resident Mike Hutt, a former Jeffersonville City Council candidate, who had requested copies of credit card statements. Read the full article here.
Thompson challenges Daniels to disclose travel records
September 8, 2008: Gov. Mitch Daniels has until 10 a.m. Wednesday to publicly release his travel records before Jill Long Thompson asks the state inspector general to launch an investigation, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful said here Monday.
Long Thompson issued the ultimatum about a week after her campaign called for the records to be open in reaction to a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story on the governor’s travel. Read the full article here.
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