Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is joining two student newspapers in fighting back against their colleges’ attempts to withhold public records of investigations into sexual harassment complaints.
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Judge dismisses “trial of the [expletive] century” between The Koala and UC-San Diego
A district court in California has thrown out a lawsuit filed by The Koala, a satirical campus publication, against University of California-San Diego administrators and student government.
University of Michigan sued after 106 day delay for four emails
The Mackinac Public Policy Center, a Michigan policy nonprofit, is suing the University of Michigan over a delay in receiving emails from university president Mark Schlissel containing the word “Trump.”
Arizona New Voices passes House Education Committee, now one step closer to becoming law
In a 10-1 bipartisan vote Monday, the Arizona House Education Committee advanced New Voices legislation that would grant student journalists in the state freedom from administrative censorship.
With open records, UC-Berkeley paper show how a little patience can yield big results
Last week, the Daily Californian at the University of California-Berkeley dropped a bombshell report: about one third of University of California system employees found to be in violation of sexual misconduct policy between 2013 and 2016 were still present on UC campuses.
California Supreme Court opens personal communications on public matters to open records requests
The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that employee writings conducted about public business on personal accounts are subject to the state Open Records Act.
Washington New Voices clears state Senate with strong bipartisan support
New Voices legislation is one step closer to becoming law in Washington state after senators voted Thursday to move the bill on to the House of Representatives.
Experts say Indiana’s private university police transparency law has no teeth
Margaret Hynds, editor in chief of the Notre Dame Observer, noticed last November that HB 1019, a law former Indiana governor Mike Pence signed, classified private university police departments as public agencies.
Nursing student removed from program over Facebook posts seeks Supreme Court review
A case that began with a series of Facebook posts and reached a court ruling that challenged First Amendment protections for students on social media is now making its way to the Supreme Court.
Indiana New Voices passes House by a wide margin, advances to Senate committee
A bill protecting the free expression rights of student journalists is awaiting action in a Senate committee, fortified by new co-sponsorship, after overwhelmingly passing the Indiana House.