FOI Oklahoma asks Pruitt to enforce sunshine laws
Media groups and the organization FOI Oklahoma are calling on Attorney General Scott Pruitt to push law enforcement agencies to comply with the Open Meeting Act and Open Records Act.
View ArticleEditorial: Lead by example
The buzzword “transparency” has become one of those vague commitments, like “a strong middle class” and “family values.” The words give politicians temporary cover while they determine whether it...
View ArticleFallin releases health care documents
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s office refused Friday to release dozens of documents surrounding decisions she made connected to the federal health care law, citing exemptions to the state’s Open Records...
View ArticleOkla. ACLU sues Fallin over records release
The Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Gov. Mary Fallin after her office refused to turn over documents requested under the state’s Open Records Act.
View ArticleOkla. appeals court rules dash cam videos open
Videos of police stops and arrests captured by dashboard-mounted cameras in patrol cars are public records subject to release under Oklahoma’s Open Records Act, an appellate court ruled on Friday.
View ArticleLegislator looks to broaden Open Records Act
A state legislator on Tuesday quizzed two court clerks over why public court records aren't readily available online during a hearing examining broadening Oklahoma's Open Records Act.
View ArticleAttorneys skeptical of Oklahoma dash-cam bill
Some attorneys who specialize in obtaining arrest videos from police are concerned that a bill to make Highway Patrol dash-cam videos open to the public could actually have the opposite effect and...
View ArticleGovernor vetoes Open Records bill
Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation that would create a new exception to Oklahoma’s Open Records Act for the state’s colleges and universities.
View ArticleFallin vetoes 15 bills, rebukes House
Saying she wanted to send a message to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin announced Tuesday that she’d vetoed 15 House bills that served no significant interest to the...
View ArticleEditorial: Cleaning the windows
Applaud state Sen. David Holt. The Oklahoma City Republican authored three transparency bills this session that have been signed by the governor.
View ArticleExperts: Ruling in Fallin case may have shredded Open Records Act
District Judge Barbara Swinton either stretched legal interpretation to the breaking point and eviscerated the Oklahoma Open Records Actm or she deftly found a nuance that allowed her to protect it....
View ArticleRight Thinking: Issues of veils and transparency
While Americans of all ideological hues are rightly concerned about illegitimate judicial interference in politics and policymaking, it’s important to recognize that the courts and other legal officers...
View ArticleCity must pay law firm in Oklahoma dash-cam case
The city of Claremore owes a law firm more than $41,000 in a public records case relating to dashboard camera video of a man charged with driving under the influence, an Oklahoma judge ruled.
View ArticleTransparency check: Open Records bill under fire
The chairman of the House Public Safety Committee said he is willing to compromise on legislation that critics say will gut the state's Open Records Act.
View ArticleEditorial: Drawing the blinds
Pick up the phone, call your state representative, and say that you expect him or her to oppose House Bill 1361.
View ArticleFallin’s office didn’t release records sought over 11 months
Until Friday, Gov. Mary Fallin’s office had not released records requested in the previous 11 months by members of the news media and other groups, according to her office’s catalog of Open Records Act...
View ArticleSenate supports limiting access to police videos
he Oklahoma Senate has approved Open Records Act legislation that would limit access by the public and media to audio and video recordings obtained from equipment attached to a law enforcement officer...
View ArticleSenate OKs bill to restrict public access to police videos
A bill to restrict the public’s access to police videos from dashboard and body cameras has passed the Oklahoma state Senate and is headed to the governor’s desk.
View ArticleWorkers’ comp secrecy threatens sunshine law, professor says
Allowing the Workers’ Compensation Commission to privately discuss appeals is part of a slippery slope created last year, an open government expert said.
View ArticleGroups sue Fallin’s office over failure to produce records
An Oklahoma newspaper and a nursing home reform group sued Gov. Mary Fallin's office on Monday, claiming the governor is taking too long to respond to requests for documents under the state's Open...
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