NC Open Government

Watauga Democrat: A recently formed nonprofit has hit multiple hurdles after requesting records related to a Boone water intake project on the New River. The group is now asking for mediation over the dispute. 

Watauga Democrat: A Watauga GOP leader requested emails of a professor,  who is active in Democratic politics, in October 2013. The university says the dealy is a result of the size of the request, which covers more than 19,000 emails.  

StarNews: The same information was the subject of a public records request from the StarNews, which has since sued to get access. 

The City of Greensboro considers video collected by body worn cameras to be personnel records of the individual officers. The panel discussion was intended to spur discussion about possible changes to the public records law.

Earlier this year the ethics commission pulled its online portal of disclosure forms over privacy concerns from public officials. The deadline to comment is Oct. 3

The City of Greensboro is hosting a panel discussion on the use of body-worn cameras by police officers and the state's public records law. The Sept. 30 discussion will include civil rights, press and government lawyers. 

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.