State court: ESU must open records
May 25, 2010 |
Donor records relating to scholarships and a
signature East Stroudsburg University building
must be made available to the Pocono Record, a
state court ruled Monday in the most recent turn
in a 15-month-long legal battle. In a
precedent-setting decision, the Commonwealth
Court ruled 7-0 to uphold the substance of a
previous ruling by the state's open records
agency. Read
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NCC forum discusses new Right to Know law, open records
April 14, 2010 |
For more than 50 years, Pennsylvania's public
agencies could deny residents access to public
records without explaining why residents couldn't
have access. The state's new Right to Know law,
enacted Jan. 1, 2009, puts the burden on agencies
to prove why records are exempt.
At a Tuesday night forum at Northampton Community College's Tannersville campus, the public got a better sense of this new law. The forum was sponsored by the Pocono Record and NCC. Read More...
At a Tuesday night forum at Northampton Community College's Tannersville campus, the public got a better sense of this new law. The forum was sponsored by the Pocono Record and NCC. Read More...