In a months-long records battle with Utah State University, Alex Stuckey of the Salt Lake Tribune said she considers her January 12 hearing with the Utah State Records Committee a “half-win” as they promise a result by mid-February.
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Minnesota high school newspaper files suit to access security video
Student journalists at St. Louis Park High School in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit against the school seeking access to a hallway surveillance video under the state open records act.
Brigham Young University Police Department is subject to public records requests, records committee reaffirms
The Salt Lake Tribune has scored a win for campus transparency in what attorney Michael O’Brien called the “first round” in a fight for police records from Brigham Young University.
North Dakota’s pioneer New Voices Law looks for an upgrade
North Dakota’s John Wall New Voices Act, the 2015 law that blazed the trail for today’s New Voices bills, is in line for an upgrade.
Judge overturns AG decision in Kentucky Kernel records fight
The Eighth Division Fayette Circuit Court ruled Monday against the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper in its fight to obtain investigation records of a University of Kentucky professor accused of sexual misconduct.
Newspaper files complaint against Ohio University over presidential search records
A reporter for The Athens News has filed a complaint in the Ohio Court of Claims after a request for background information about the semifinal candidates for the Ohio University presidency was ignored for over a month.
Underground FERPA activism campaign sees mixed results
Students at one of the nation’s largest private universities are using a little-known tactic as a method of protesting unpopular decisions by university administrators: FERPA requests.
A pair of California bills tackle media literacy education
Battling hoaxes and partisan news, legislators in California are the latest to propose curriculum changes in order to educate students about the media they consume daily.
After Wyoming Senate kills student privacy bill, legislative proactivity comes into question
State senators in Wyoming last week voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have given students a heightened sense of digital privacy.
Vermont introduces New Voices legislation, hears testimony in committee meeting
The introduction of Senate Bill 18 to the Vermont legislature on January 12 is only the latest attempt by Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, to codify press freedom for students in Vermont state law.