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Small towns and communities in Connecticut are shutting down their entire Web sites for fear that a new state law, requiring local governments to post agendas and minutes for board and commission meetings, may get them into legal trouble, The Associated Press reported.
County officials in Arizona may have to repeat a meeting they held last week in which several protesters and journalists were blocked from entering the room as a vote was held, according to The Associated Press.
The Maricopa County Supervisors in Mesa last week voted to cancel a police contract with the nearby town of Guadalupe, drawing the scrutiny of protesters who were angered over local illegal immigration enforcement tactics.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s security detail barred two journalists from a speech he gave hours after his resignation, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Responding to a proverbial elbow jab to the ribcage from lawyers for the Detroit Free Press, embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will testify after all in the newspaper's Freedom of Information lawsuit against the city.
It's a sunny summer for government in New York, where Gov. David Paterson has signed off on a bundle of updates to the state's open records and meetings laws.
A circuit judge in Sarasota County on Friday ordered three public officials to stop using their personal computers and turn them over so an expert can determine if they contain public information. In his decision, Circuit Judge Robert Bennett held that private computers can be confiscated to search for public records.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons succeeded in getting a judge to seal his divorce proceedings from the public, but first lady Dawn Gibbons is challenging that order.
In her motion Wednesday, Dawn Gibbons accused the first-term Republican governor of relying on an unconstitutional state law to close the divorce files, in an attempt to hide his involvement with another woman from his constituents.
For the seemingly dozenth time in the last few months, yet another move toward secrecy by embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is making headlines.
