A North Dakota bill originally intended to protect trade secrets and university research will become a problem for reporters trying to access university Title IX investigation documents, if passed in its current form.
A reporter for The Athens News has successfully obtained documents from Ohio University concerning the semifinal candidates for the university presidency after filing a complaint with the Ohio Court of Claims.
A mixture of positive and negative changes to state open records laws have slowly been making their way through state legislatures in the past few weeks.
Some school boards have taken to disallowing public comment in response to bothersome meeting attendees. This practice brushes up against First Amendment rights and heightened protections for political speech.
Student press-rights legislation won unanimous approval in the Vermont Senate and in key committees in Indiana and Washington. Bills modeled on the New Voices of North Dakota Act are progressing in five states, and being prepared in several others.
A new bill could end the protections of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act for members of education institutions, including students.
New Voices legislation in Arizona is one step closer to becoming law after moving unanimously Monday through the state Senate.
Students at George Mason University are suing the school and its foundation for records of donations from private donors, according to a release Thursday.
President Donald Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t really like the news media. Still, there's evidence his Supreme Court nominee supports student speech.
The battle over Title IX records in Kentucky just got bigger, as Western Kentucky University and the College Heights Herald are joining the fight.