NC Open Government

From WRAL.com (6/13/13): Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law Wednesday a measure that opens the records of campus police that serve private or nonprofit universities.

From the Burlington Times-News (6/13/13): A bill allowing public access to information maintained by campus police affiliated with private and non-profit institutions of higher education in North Carolina became law this week.

From the Fayetteville Observer (6/8/13): The General Assembly has approved a bill that would open police records on all private school campuses to the public.

From the Charlotte Observer (5/31/13): It’s as though a time machine crashed at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.

From the Southern Pines Pilot (6/2/13): There is an old adage that the two things you never want to watch being made are sausage and laws. These days, the joke attached to that old saying is that if I were a sausage maker, I’d be offended.

From the Charlotte Observer (5/28/13): A judge is poised to dismiss a complaint filed on behalf of former TV reporters against the city of Charlotte over closed-door negotiations with the Carolina Panthers about stadium improvements.

From the Charlotte Observer (5/23/13): The case between four former media members and the City of Charlotte, over negotiations between the city and the Carolina Panthers for stadium improvements, is expected to be heard by a judge Thursday afternoon.

From the Winston-Salem Journal (5/16/13): North Carolina’s Open Meetings Law appears to provide strong protection of the public’s right to see its government in action. In fact, however, the law has too many loopholes that allow secrecy.

From the Greenville Daily Reflector (5/12/13): The scope of North Carolina’s Open Meetings Law turns on the smallest of phrases. Broadly setting forth the principle that the people’s business should be conducted in public view, the law specifies those few instances that an elected body “may” hold a closed session. That puts in the hands of officials the option — though not the necessity — of holding discussion behind closed doors in certain circumstances.

From the Watauga Democrat (5/2/13): The Boone Town Council met in closed session for the fifth time Wednesday to discuss the county's threatened lawsuit, part of an ongoing saga that has raised concerns for many residents about the transparency and openness of local elected officials.