Jun 2010
Opinion: Timing of meeting notice matters
Q: A borough scheduled a special meeting for
Friday morning and requested the public notice ad
to run in our Thursday edition. We are an
afternoon paper and most readers don’t receive
the paper until after 4 p.m. Does this create an
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Records panel to heed Sunshine Act
June 22, 2010 | Filed in: Sunshine
Act | Open
meetings
WILKES-BARRE -- The Luzerne County Record
Improvement Committee will begin complying with
the state Sunshine Act for the first time and
inform the public of upcoming meetings in a legal
notice, said county Commissioner Stephen A.
Urban, the new chairman of the committee.
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Media attorney: Monessen firing violated state open meeting law
When the Monessen School Board voted last week to
fire a teacher identified only by an employee
number, it violated the state's open meetings
law, according to an attorney for the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Read
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Penn State to revise its Right-to-Know filing
June 08, 2010 | Filed in: Right to Know
Law | Open
records
Penn State University said today it plans to
submit a revised Right-to-Know report to the
state on Friday that will include salaries of two
employees left off of the university's initial
filing last month. Read
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Court case might set precedent on open records
June 07, 2010 | Filed in: Right to Know
Law | Open
records
A landmark decision by the Commonwealth Court
that helps define the term "governmental
function" in the Right to Know Law could change
the way local governments and their vendors do
business. It could also impact the outcome of
three cases involving vendor records related to
Lackawanna County government. Read
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