Records: Orleans criminal court judges spent thousands on life insurance
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NFOIC's State FOIA Friday for April 26, 2013
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out...
View ArticlePublic-records bill defeated again
From DailyComet.com: BATON ROUGE — Siding with arguments offered by Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief attorney, a House committee voted Tuesday to deny the general public greater access to records created and...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for May 3, 2013
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out...
View ArticleEditorial: Jindal should set example
Editorial from the Advocate: We’re not the only observers, of course, who were struck by the irony of Gov. Bobby Jindal accusing state lawmakers of secrecy in making their decisions.read more
View ArticleRecords in LSU presidential search not released
From SeattlePi.com: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana news organizations are asking a judge to punish LSU's Board of Supervisors for not releasing documents related the university's presidential...
View ArticleMedia attorney wants judge to find LSU in contempt of court
From The Advocate: An attorney for The Advocate and The Times-Picayune asked a judge Friday to find LSU’s Board of Supervisors in contempt of court for refusing to turn over materials related to the...
View ArticleLSU to appeal public records ruling
From The Advocate (Baton Rouge): LSU’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to appeal 19th Judicial District Judge Janice Clark’s ruling that the university illegally denied The Advocate and other news...
View ArticleEditorial: LSU should open records
From The Advocate: LSU general counsel Shelby McKenize said that LSU officials have “a moral obligation” to keep the public from knowing who else was considered in the job search that led to the...
View ArticleLouisiana lawmakers stall public records debate
From The Town Talk: Louisiana lawmakers complain that they can’t get certain information from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration and that a provision they wrote into public records law in 2009 has...
View ArticleMan wins appeal against IRS for FOIA request attorney’s fees
From Louisiana Record: A man whose motion for attorney’s fees was denied by a district court has won an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit involving his case against the...
View ArticleAppellate panel rules in favor of The Advocate in public records suit
From The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA: A panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge provided no safe haven Friday for the LSU system’s efforts to keep secret records of its search for a...
View ArticlePublic Affairs Research Council of Louisiana wins national award for Sunshine...
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR), the NFOIC member organization that co-hosted the 2013 FOI Summit in New Orleans, has won a national award for its new "Sunshine Headquarters"...
View ArticleJudge threatens imprisonment, suspension of LSU board of supervisors in...
From The Times-Picayune: A district judge in Baton Rouge ordered the LSU Board of Supervisors on Monday to turn over records related to the university's presidential search, or face consequences that...
View ArticleJudge: LSU board could face jail if search records not released
From The Advocate: Saying daily $500 fines have not grabbed its attention, an unyielding state judge warned the LSU Board of Supervisors on Monday that it now faces additional sanctions, including...
View ArticleLa. public records suit filed against superintendent
From Houston Chronicle: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A college student from Baton Rouge who has clashed with the education department over its voucher program filed a public records lawsuit against...
View ArticleLSU presidential search records will be given to judge, but not public, under...
From The Times-Picayune: Information about the candidates LSU considered for university president will be provided to a state district judge, but not to the public or the newspapers who are suing for...
View ArticleLSU board turns over presidential search records to district judge in public...
From Daily Journal: BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The LSU Board of Supervisors has given its presidential search records to a Baton Rouge judge, who will keep them hidden during an appeal of her ruling that...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks Jindal adviser’s correspondence with oil and gas industry
From The Advocate: A New Orleans environmental activist is suing the state for copies of correspondence she says could shed light on conversations between Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top coastal-protection...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for September 27, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticleLSU criticized for handling of public records lawsuit
From LSU Reveille: As the lawsuit brought against the University by The Advocate and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune moves to the next phase of the legal process, critics have lined up to attack the...
View ArticleLouisiana Bill to create transparency website goes to full House
A legislative proposal to create a transparency website for fiscal matters that would give the “average constituent” the tool to root out “inefficiencies” and “waste” in state government unanimously...
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