School’s legal bills under wraps
April 12, 2009: "The school district is refusing to release its legal bills despite the fact they are paid with taxpayer money and normally considered public records.
The town routinely makes its legal bills public, but the school attorney denied a request from Bill McCombe to turn over the school legal bills, saying to do so would violate attorney/client privilege." Read the full article here.
Coalition seeks to open birth records in R.I.
March 13, 2009: "A group of activists is pushing Rhode Island to join a handful of other states that allow adopted children to get access to their birth certificates.
The Rhode Island Adoption Coalition for Equality will hold its first public meeting Saturday at 1 p.m. at Lachapelle Funeral Home, 643 Main Street, Pawtucket.
Members are trying to build support for legislation before the General Assembly that would let adults who were adopted as children get copies of their original birth certificates." Read the full article here.
Carcieri must turn over documents
March 4, 2009: "A judge has ordered Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri to turn over documents describing the state’s chain-of-command when the governor is away.
Superior Court Judge Patricia Hurst ruled Tuesday that Carcieri must provide her with documents sought by the American Civil Liberties Union in an open records lawsuit. Carcieri’s attorney has said some of those documents are exempt from disclosure.
After reviewing the documents, Hurst will decide what can be made public." Read the full article here.
No determination of public vs. private when commission destroys applications
February 15, 2009: "Applications to be a judge in Rhode Island are piling up. Wedged into a corner of a third-floor state office are the brown folders containing at least five years’ worth of them, resembling a homework-stuffed high school locker.
The files hold resumés, financial and other disclosures, and letters of support from influential people. And more are coming. Seven vacancies, from Family Court to Supreme Court chief justice, face the commission that recommends finalists to Governor Carcieri." Read the full article here.
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