Sentences with phrase «from open records laws»

The Senate passed changes yesterday that would allow a family member to inherit certain types of semi-automatic firearms when their owner dies and make pistol permit applications exempt from open records laws.

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College officials have been careful to hide it from the public record, so it can not be requested through the state's open records laws.

Gross also said the ethics board is in a difficult position as an agency that keeps the financial disclosure records open for public inspection, while the board and its staff are barred by the county ethics law from disclosing confidential information.

There are numerous private nonprofit organizations and foundations across the state, many at SUNY schools, that contend they operate outside the state's open government laws, keeping their records out of reach from the public and journalists.

Justice Patrick McGrath on July 6 rejected the argument from Cuomo's lawyers that various records had been «complied for law enforcement purposes» and therefore were not subject to the state's open records law.

Connellan had a part - time security job for 17 years with the state banking agency, making a total of about $ 317,461 over those years — an average of $ 18,674 a year, according to records from the state obtained by Syracuse.com under an open records law request.

Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota said his office's investigations and reviews of records from five towns show state labor law is too complex and open to interpretation.

From Aug. 1 through Oct. 23, when the Center filed requests under the state's open records law, Sen. Mary Lazich, R - New Berlin, who chairs a committee to which the legislation is assigned, received a little more than 200 contacts — emails, plus a few calls and letters — staking out positions on the bills.

The film opens with a voiceover from John Watson (Jude Law, reprising his role as Holmes» companion) as the good doctor records memories of his «last case» with Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.).

The data from the Illinois State Board of Education, obtained under open records laws, are the most recent available that could be linked to college entrance exam scores.

And in Washington, D.C., charter school boards are exempt from open meetings and public records laws.

Facing significant legal and political exposure over the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the district has tried to keep information from the public and put out untrue and misleading statements, frustrating parents who say this is the time for maximum transparency... It flatly refused to issue any records regarding the shooting to the news media, in a possible violation of the state's open - records law.

For that reason, USA TODAY used open - records laws to secure the test scores of millions of individual students from four states — Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Arizona — and Washington, D.C., then analyzed them to determine long - term trends for those individuals.

The decades - old provision of the state's open records law is now troubling some Democratic lawmakers after voucher school lobbying group School Choice Wisconsin sought student information from about 30 Wisconsin school districts for marketing purposes.

They say that «documents obtained through Georgia's Open Records law show that over a period of 60 days this summer, 551 puppies were shipped from out - of - state facilities to Georgia pet stores.

UCS» report laments scientists at public universities, research institutes, and federal agencies are subjected to demands for information under a variety of state open - records laws and the 1967 federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which was designed to hold government agencies accountable by providing the public with access to records from any federal agency.

Discussion topics will include how to separate personal advocacy and activism from one's professional role, how open records laws may apply to research materials, anti-lobbying restrictions for federally - funded scientists, and what to do if you receive harassing correspondence or end up in political crosshairs.

We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington state and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access - to - court rulings, and media law.»

When law enforcement agencies and courts have copies of the same record, you're almost always going to have better luck getting access from the courts, which are set to open by default.

Some comments from providers and individuals expressed concern that the proposed rule would have provided open - ended access by law enforcement to victims» medical records because of this difficulty in evaluating law enforcement claims of their need for the information.