A draft bill in North Carolina would make individual teachers' salaries exempt from the public records law to prevent teachers' "envy and jealousy."
North Carolina draft bill would remove teacher pay from the public record
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TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Illinois ruling confirms U can FOIA txts — 2G2BT
The public is entitled to know what city council members are talking about during meetings. Even when their thumbs are doing the talking.That's the takeaway from a new ruling from an Illinois court, which affirms that messages exchanged by government officials -- even on their personal cellphones -- are public records that must be produced on request.In City of Champaign v.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: It’s 10 o’clock — do you know where your college president is? You would, if you had his calendar.
Ever wish you had one of those electronic manatee tracking collars to keep tabs on where government officials are going -- the ones who are always "out of the office" or "in meetings" and unavailable for interviews?Well, until they start microchipping college presidents (note: that would be great), journalists will have to settle for the next best thing: Appointment calendars.Last week, a Pennsylvania court decided that reporters for the Associated Press are entitled under that state's open-records act to complete copies of Gov.