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The Portland Press Herald does not have the right to notes from a Portland School Committee executive meeting that discussed financial matters, the Main Supreme Court ruled on April 24.
In its unanimous ruling, the court also stated that the public was legitimately excluded from the 45-minute meeting that took place last summer.
The Bush administration is challenging a December court decision that ruled in favor of a nonprofit organization’s records request and declared White House visitor logs public documents.
Two reporters from The Plain Dealer [Cleveland] were ejected from a public meeting Thursday after Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora refused to answer their questions.
Dealer metro editor Chris Quinn said it was unacceptable behavior, but noted that the newspaper didn't lose access completely since it had a third reporter covering the meeting who wasn’t ordered to leave.
Concerns The Roanoke Times [Va.] raised regarding the town of Christiansburg violating the state's open meetings law prompted the mayor to ask lawyers on Tuesday to research the law and provide training to city officials.
The Times’ latest concern stems from a March 18 finance committee meeting, which the newspaper didn’t learn about until March 27 since there was no public notice of it.
The student government at Utah State University will open meetings that have been closed to the public for more than a year, after the president of the student body senate said he realized what they were doing was illegal.
