Dunmore loses appeal in open-records case

The state Office of Open Records has ruled a Dunmore councilwoman must turn over e-mail correspondence between herself and other council members regarding the former borough manager. Read More...

York Twp. board to appeal open records ruling

The York Township board of commissioners voted Tuesday to appeal a landmark decision from the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, but attached one proviso -- taxpayers won't foot the bill. Read More...

York Twp. commissioners must turn over emails

For the second time in two months, two York Township commissioners have been ordered to hand over e-mails concerning township business that were sent from or received by their home computers. Read More...

Public officials' e-mail open - but you can't always see it

A state open records request has York Township looking into options for how e-mails are received and sent by its commissioners, because some e-mails may be in a private company's files and are not open to public review. Read More...

E-mail messages: Does the public have a Right-to-Know?

For employees and officials of municipal authorities, are e-mail messages open for public inspection? In many (if not most) cases, the answer is a qualified yes. Moreover, surprising as it may seem, many text messages must be kept (in some form) for years as official public records of the municipal authority. Read More...