Posts tagged
'Freedom of Information'

"This lawsuit is a perfect example of why the people of Arkansas are pursuing a constitutional amendment and peoples’ act to enshrine the right to transparency in our constitution," attorney Joey McCutchen said.

A trifecta of do-gooder ballot proposals are still stalled at the Arkansas attorney general's office.

Superintendent/bouncer Jeff Collum kicked out a parent before a luncheon meeting today. Julee Jaeger has been an outspoken advocate for trans rights.

The city sues to get documents to which it is entitled from a consulting firm hired to run the mayor's failed LITFest.

The city concedes flaws in FOI responses ahead of court hearing.

The city's story changes on what it knew about a former mayoral aide's involvement in a city contract with his future employer.

Matt Campbell, the Little Rock lawyer who publishes the muckraking Blue Hog Report, has filed his promise complaint against the city of Little Rock for failure to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests.

City of Little Rock stonewalls FOI requests, seemingly to protect the police chief.

Another complaint about lack of transparency at City Hall.

Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce ruled today in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that the state must disclose labels on drugs it obtained to carry out executions.

The Arkansas Democratic Party issued a statement today indicating that Secretary of State Mark Martin has belatedly decided to obey the state Freedom of Information Act and supply information requested about his gross mishandling of information on criminal records that could have led to improper purging of thousands from voter rolls.

With his usual command of history, Ernest Dumas writes this week about how a slim majority of the Arkansas Supreme Court stood the state Constitution on its head by creating law to preserve the death penalty.