The Sunshine Review Gazette, 2009 archive
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[edit] January
- Mayor defends Dunbar FOIA-fee resolution
- Public records held hostage, week two
- Dunbar backing off $10-an-hour FOIA fee
- WVU ordered to pay PG's legal costs in records fight
- Judge's ruling ends FOIA lawsuit against WVU
- Public cancer
- Lawmaker warns state Sunshine panel to speed it up or shut down
- State Senate bill would eliminate Sunshine Committee
- Big fine for county withholding of records on Seahawks stadium
- Washington Supreme Court to agencies: Comply with open records act or pay more
- Bigger fine for King Co.'s withholding of records
- Open government has never been more important in Washington state
- E-mails by council are shadow meetings
- Attorney general unveils proposed legislation
- Judge continues FOIA case against DSS
[edit] February
- Zoning Out: Confusion Descends on Jefferson County Petition Process
- Uphold Public’s Right to Know
- Since November, Dunbar has processed six FOIA requests
- Pratt misses Kanawha payroll query deadline
- Dunbar council candidate finds FOIA fee unfair
- Criminal, Other Records Available Online
- Bills in state legislature seek to rein in records "fishing"
- Commission OKs new policy for handling public records
- Bill seeks to halt records 'fishing'
- Judge's ruling defends public access to records
- Use technology to provide public records cheaply
- Records compliance worries school officials
- Paralyzed bicyclist files suit against state over crash on Seattle’s Montlake Bridge
- Gun legislation awaiting Kaine's signature
- Bedford Co. school board chairman defends decision not to identify superintendent hire
[edit] March
- Agency needs more time to respond to Chafin’s FOIA request
- WVa Supreme Court agrees to hear e-mail FOIA case
- FOIA request filed with Fayette schools
- Chafin files FOIA over turnpike
- Board questioned on FOIA request, job reductions
- Jefferson FOIA request proves contentious
- Mingo sheriff complains of average citizen treatment
- Newspaper sues county clerk over FOIA
- Lagging in the Fight for Open Government
- Everett teachers claim district isn't complying with records act
- Some, but not all Wash. government records online
- Bellingham sues over public records about deadly train crossing at Boulevard Park
- After FOIA battle with teacher, county schools relent
- Judge rules in favor of official in FOIA case
- Study finds many Va. records online
[edit] April
- Chafin examines FOIA response
- Concealed Guns, Not Records
- Judgment could cause Wash town's bankruptcy
- Council approves ordinance to increase 'transparency'
- King Co. to pay blogger $225K for witholding docs
- Suit Prompts Mason County to Examine Public Records Procedure
- Mason County case good for records access
- Seattle City Council is committed to open government
- Port Angeles proposal on records access postponed
- Do you know what your legislator is doing?
- Mason County must pay $145,000 in records dispute
- Review date set for FOIA case
- FOIA covers judicial salaries, council says
- Web site allows citizens to see restaurant inspection results
- School employees bill would put records back in shadows
[edit] May
- City's new budget policy put on hold
- Editorial: Open government goes beyond access
- Houston, Harris officials conceal details on ethics forms
- Expense records should be public
- Secrecy finds backers in Legislature
- Open Records Law Discussed
- Public officials' e-mail open -- but you can't always see it
- Public funding, private records
- Oregon lawmakers: close handgun records
- Editorial: Records belong to the public
- Islip official quits, two suspended in probe
- Local courts to fix public record process
- Audit finds UMDNJ spent big on cell phone service for terminated employees
- In the end, high court prefers more secrecy
- I-Team: Councilman Subject of Corruption Investigation
[edit] June
- Open-records bill approved by Rhode Island House
- Former New York state Health Commissioner pleaded guilty to felony, no jail time
- Monica Conyers pleaded guilty to bribery
- New Jersey Judge schedules sentencing of State Sen. Wayne Bryant
- Public records won't be as available in Ohio starting July 1
- Attorney Fees in Venice Sunshine Case Nears $3 Million
- Glendale sued for denying FOIA request
- Bellingham, WA withholding Amtrak records after death
- R.I. House to vote on bill protecting deadly force offenders
- 65 indicted in student loan fraud
- U.S. Budget Office must release redacted info
- Ohio employee pleads not guilty for tampering with kids' grades
- 700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing
- Auditor faults Richmond schools’ human resources, payroll departments
- Key step forward in the quest for public records
[edit] July
- Houston airport-linked nonprofit has ’systemic problems,’
- Houston City Council ethics forms published via an interactive map
- Defense Department releases photos from New York City Presidential plane flyover
- Fox loses FOIA suit against Federal Reserve
- The second accused mayor In New Jersey corruption scandal resigns
- Alaska state campaign funding limits are sought
- Tennessee bill backed by those with insurance interests will aid insurance companies
- JUA ruling puts $110 million budget hole
- Suspended St. Johns commissioner may reach plea agreement soon
- Council members: "Wasteful spending occurs daily at City Hall"
- Watchdog group sues for disclosure of White House meetings with health care executives
- Kirkland found to be in violation of public records law
- New Jersey mayors, lawmakers arrested in corruption case
- School board shuts out one of its own in Community High School District 99
- FOIA request reveals Ann Arbor City Council members' private, in-meeting emails
[edit] August
- New California Law Attempts to Sidestep CPRA
- New Mexico loses $27 million in Marc Correra deal
- State sunshine headlines, August 2009
- Huntington Indiana passes Transparency Resolution
- Monroe County schools' superintendent's misconduct trial begins
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa school employee charged with embezzlement
- Wisconsin school superintendent in battle over early retirement compensation
- City of Houston’s efforts to rein in airport nonprofit could create more problems than they solve
- Rep. Sylvester Turner, frequent critic of power providers, is lawyer for CenterPoint
- La Porte councilman traveled, other council members stayed home
- Illinois local officials might sue after being insulted
- Former New Mexico school district business manager accused of extortion
- Michigan looking at another $685 million in taxes
- Did U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison cross an ethical line by supporting a rail line that is a payday for her husband?
- Illinois House Bill 0035 (2009)
[edit] September
- New interactive Texas budget project
- James O'Keefe, III
- Massachusetts think tank reveals new transparency websites
- High Costs Make Open Records Seem Closed
- Public option fails in the Senate
- Sunlight in Illinois school districts
- Montana group monitors spending vote-for-vote
- Three Florida government officials arrested for extortion
- Broward County School Board member arrested
- Rockefeller family aides anti-coal movement twice
- Florida ophthamologist indicted for fraudulent PAC and lobbying scheme
- Study shows state ARRA web sites need improvement
- South Carolina divided over taxpayer-funded lobbying for in-state universities
- Washington County Commissioners compelled to return documents
- Corrupted Alaska State Representative Receives Light Sentence
[edit] October
- Former Butler County Commissioner indicted for corruption
- Arizona Supreme Court Rules Electronic Information Subject to Records Requests
- Nevada News Bureau says state transparency site needs improvement
- California government pays more interest than companies
- Oklahomans for Responsible Government call for improved transparency website
- Delaware think tank launches school transparency website
- Kansas think tank reveals transparency website
- Public records held by hired agencies subject to Pennsylvania’s open records law
- Washington think tank reveals school district transparency project
- Prosecutor who oversaw Senator Steven's corruption case resigns
- Pennsylvania Judge Exempts School District Documents and W-2 Forms
- Cincinnati officials get taxpayer-bought free stuff
- Minnesota stimulus earmarks include iPods
- U.S. Representative from Alaska referenced in corruption investigation
- Ohio Man Fined for Open Records Request
[edit] November
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to Determine if Teacher's Private Emails Subject to Records Requests
- New Hampshire Lawsuit Highlights Problems with Record Requests for Electronic Documents
- Chicago Alderman helps expose bribery
- No jail for Mr. Ross in $4 million scheme
- Maryland state pension gap grows to $17.5 billion
- Washington Task Force Suggests New Records Office
[edit] December
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