A judge has ruled that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release its investigative report on problems at its School of Civic Life and Leadership. The decision, communicated by Orange County Judge John M. Morris to attorneys Thursday, means the university’s findings on faculty complaints about the controversial school […]
Nine of 17 candidates for Alaska governor weighed in on plans for communicating with the media and the public. They touched on a variety of topics, including town halls, news conferences, public records, use of artificial intelligence and the role of their communications teams. The candidates are vying for the top four spots to advance […]
Three media outlets that sued LSU to obtain records that detail how its athletics department spends public money on student-athletes have agreed to end the case now that a new state law shields that information from disclosure. Louisiana Illuminator’s Piper Hutchinson, Chris Nakamoto with WAFB-TV and Todd Horne of Tiger Rag filed suit earlier this […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Regional Health District announced it was working with the Washington State Department of Health Vital Records Team to help people who lost birth certificates in the Spokane Area fires.
Searching through court records in Idaho just got easier. A new interface for accessing court documents was rolled out across local courthouses Tuesday morning, according to the Idaho Judicial Branch. Computer kiosks at Idaho’s county courthouses have been updated to enable users to search case information and hearings without entering a party name or case […]
Last fall, Republicans on at least two county boards of elections in North Carolina received instructions on how to fire their executive directors. Instead of getting advice from the state elections director or legal staff at the state office that generally serves as a resource for county boards, they received the information from Dallas Woodhouse, […]
Former Elections Liaison Dallas Woodhouse recently argued that North Carolinians should judge our election system “by facts rather than assumptions.” On that point, we agree. Public confidence in our elections should rest on evidence, not rhetoric. But that principle carries an important obligation: if Woodhouse and the Auditor’s Office ask the public to judge their […]
A left-leaning nonprofit says North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek’s office is failing to comply with the state’s public records laws in the wake of the resignation of its controversial former employee. After the nonprofit organization, American Oversight, filed public records requests with the state Auditor’s office for communications to and from then-elections liaison Dallas Woodhouse, […]
Since the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island began tracking remote access to public meetings in 2023, some of the state’s most closed-off public bodies still have not expanded options for people who cannot attend in person, according to an updated ACLU report released Tuesday. The July 2026 edition of “Remote Access to […]
(The Center Square) -- The Washington State Attorney General’s Office advised its client, the Secretary of State’s Office, to release attorney-client privileged communications unredacted as a “middle ground” in response to a public records appeal by The Center Square, emails show.
