After rebuke from state, videos will soon return
October 1, 2008: Taping Town Council and School Committee meetings and leaving the videocassette at the library for residents to take out has long been done as a courtesy to residents.
But that arrangement is changing in the wake of a brief exchange at a recent council meeting.
For the short term, the tapes will no longer be going to the library. And when they return, they will be in the form of DVDs. Read the full article here.
Council supports expanding public records access
August 21, 2008: Portsmouth Town Solicitor has recommended that the town adopt a different approach aimed at providing greater access Portsmouth’s public records. Read the full article here.
ACLU sues Carcieri over records access
August 21, 2008: The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing Governor Carcieri for a “knowing and willful” violation of the Access to Public Records Act for refusing to turn over any documents that spell out how the governor will establish the chain of command in his absence during an emergency. Read the full article here.
Lynch: Judicial panel erred in withholding letters
August 20, 2008: The Judicial Nominating Commission cannot, as a blanket rule, prohibit the public from seeing letters that it receives regarding finalists for state judgeships, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch’s office said yesterday. Read the full article here.
AG Lynch issues advisory opinion to JNC on Access to Public Records request
August 19, 2008: Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today rejected the Judicial Nominating Commission's (JNC’s) interpretation that letters submitted on behalf of, and against, the finalists for the Superior Court vacancy created by The Honorable Vincent A. Ragosta's retirement are not public records. Read the full press release here.
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