Articles by Colin Donohue
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Port City Daily: Sunshine Week: A look at the N.C. Open Meetings Law
March 12, 2013
From the Port City Daily (3/12/13): The state’s Open Meetings Law requires boards that “exist solely to conduct the people’s business,” do so openly—including hearings, deliberations and actions.
Burlington Times-News: Be an open government watchdog with smartphone app
March 12, 2013
From the Burlington Times-News (3/11/13): A new application for your smartphone will help make you an open government watchdog.
Gaston Gazette: Sunshine Week: Open government laws now fit in your hands
March 12, 2013
From the Gaston Gazette (3/11/13): Open government now has an app in North Carolina.
New Bern Sun Journal: Help keep government open and transparent
March 12, 2013
From the New Bern Sun Journal (3/11/13): It’s Sunshine Week, the time every year when newspapers across American call attention to the importance of open meetings and public records laws in our free society.
USA Today: Your right to know vs. colleges
March 12, 2013
From USA Today (3/10/13): When asked to name an event occurring in March, many would identify St. Patrick's Day. Sports fans might default to March Madness. A small cadre of die-hards with a fanatical dedication to open government will answer Sunshine Week, which starts Sunday. All three answers are correct, even though it might not be immediately clear how they're connected.
Burlington Times-News: Open government is the best government
March 12, 2013
From the Burlington Times-News (3/8/13): It’s Sunshine Week. That’s an expression that usually doesn’t register with people caught up in the basic tasks of going to work, getting kids to school and running the dozens of errands that have to be accomplished in a given week.
SPLC.org: Supreme Court issues divided opinion on issue of private school police records
March 12, 2013
From SPLC.org (3/8/13): he North Carolina Supreme Court split evenly today in a ruling that leaves unresolved the openness of private college police records.
News & Observer: NC court split on whether private-college police records are public
March 12, 2013
From the Raleigh News & Observer (3/8/13): Court split on whether private-school police records are public
Pendulum: NC Supreme Court votes 3-3 in Ochsner case
March 12, 2013
From The Pendulum (3/8/13): The North Carolina Supreme Court voted 3-3 today on a North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling that North Carolina Public Records Law is not applicable to state-commissioned police departments of private universities within the state. The tied vote leaves the appellate court ruling undisturbed.
WRAL.com: Court: Private universities not subject to public records law
March 12, 2013
From WRAL.com (3/8/13): A 2011 court ruling that exempts North Carolina’s private universities from public records law will stand, following a split decision Friday by the state’s highest court.