Amye Bensenhaver is a retired assistant attorney general who, for twenty-five years, specialized in Kentucky’s open records and meetings laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
Kentucky Kernel Managing Editor Casey Sebastiano reports that the University of Kentucky has denied the newspaper’s request for records identifying “non-UK student guests of Chellgren Hall on Sept. 20,...
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Kentucky Sunshine Law Library in celebration of the fifth year anniversary of Kentucky Open Government Coalition. Our coalition’s founding goes back to March...
Appropriately, the sun is shining brightly in Kentucky on the first day of Sunshine Week 2024, the nation’s annual celebration of the value of public records and open government...
The annual legislative assault on Kentucky’s open government laws has commenced in earnest, but this year with a vengeance. It is no exaggeration to suggest that the future of...
In December 2023, the Kentucky Attorney General issued yet another open records decision determining that Louisville Metro Police Department violated Kentucky’s open records law in failing to afford timely...
Transparency took center stage on the first day of the 2024 Regular Session as lawmakers debated the rules that will govern their proceedings. “Debated” is a generous term for...
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: “The Israeli government is inviting Kentucky lawmakers to bear ‘witness to the crimes against humanity’ of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in an ‘exclusive...
In the midst of the opening day legislative melee comes this important note about a public agency that should know better. Lexington Fayette Urban County Government has officially taken...
