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Arkansas

Arkansas voters might decide future of state’s freedom of information law in November

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Petitions for two Freedom of Information ballot initiatives are gaining traction in the lead up to November’s election—if they receive the signatures needed, Arkansans will be able to decide if they want to enshrine Arkansas’ FOIA law in the state constitution with an amendment…as well as make changes to the existing […]

City Council

City Council resolution concerning access to city funds at heart of possible records controversy | News | #citycouncil

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Arkansas

UPDATED: Third proposed Arkansas government transparency amendment submitted to AG

This story was updated at 8:16 p.m. to include the third submission of the proposed amendment. Proposed ballot language that would make government transparency a constitutional right in Arkansas still lacks clarity and is unfit for a statewide vote, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Monday opinion. In response, the nonpartisan Arkansas Citizens for […]

Arkansas

Arkansas could audit Sanders’ podium purchase, public records

Thursday, a group of Arkansas lawmakers approved an audit over the purchase of a $19,029 podium by the office of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.The Executive Committee of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee approved the audit. The full committee will vote Friday morning if it will go forward.The audit would be conducted by independent auditors who […]

Arkansas

Arkansas attorney general forms group to consider changes to state’s FOIA

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday formed a group to look at possible changes to the state’s Freedom of Information Act after efforts to scale back the open records and meeting law failed in this year’s legislative session. Griffin’s office said the seven-member Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Review Working […]

City Council

Hoover City Council at odds over changes in YouTube recordings | #citycouncil

For more than five years, the Hoover City Council has been recording and broadcasting its meetings on a city YouTube channel, and those meetings were available for anyone to go back and review at any time. That’s no longer the case. At some point this year, videos of previous Hoover public meetings were removed from […]

City Council

Ex-City Hall staffer is demanding info on all Woodland utility customers | Government and Politics | #citycouncil

WOODLAND — In mid-August, a most unusual notice went out to all of Woodland’s 2,000 utility customers: Neither or a bill nor a service alert, the communique let them know a citizen wants the city to share their information as part of a public records request. State law gives residents the right to access public documents […]