Jonathan Jones

Asheville Citizen-Times: Despite claiming videos of public rallies - from Mountain Moral Monday to Tea Party events - were made for training purposes, the Asheville police denied a records request to inspect them citing the criminal intelligence exemption. 

CBSSports: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Louisiana State University were the only two public schools to deny scholarship records requests. CBS' reporter sought information about how many multi-year athletic scholarships the universities awarded, how many were not renewed, generic copies of scholarship agreements and documentation of non-renewal policies. 

The Stokes News: The Stokes County Board of County Commissioners met in closed session 75 times over a period of four years. Democratic Party leaders in the community are questioning the propriety of the meetings and why minutes have not been released.

The Star-News of Wilmington filed an open records lawsuit Thursday against Charter Day School, Inc. over financial records. The paper asked for the records in May. 

Star-News: Lack of transparency in removal of public official has created tension in the gated community of St. James, which is also incorporated as a municipality. 

WRAL requested the agency-level data from the Department of Public Safety, which said the information was covered by the security plan exemption to the state public records law. North Carolina is one of a small number of states that has refused to release the information. 

WFMY News 2: Greensboro officials are putting together a panel discussion on when and how video recorded by cameras worn by police officers should be released to the public. 

The General Assembly passed a budget over the weekend that contains new public records law exemptions for schematic diagrams of school buildings, and scholarship applications to the State Education Assistance Authority. The budget bill is now on the desk of Governor Pat McCrory.

On Wednesday, the Senate passed HB 366, which creates a special exemption from the public records law for complaints made tot he Department of Environment and Natural Resources about violations on agricultural operations. The bill returned to the House, Thursday, which also approved the final version. 

Star-News: Several media outlets began requesting records related to Charter Day School Inc. in May. Some records were turned over. For others, the school said it would respond by Monday. Now it says it will be two more weeks pending a change in state law.