NC Open Government

From the Spring Hope Enterprise (3/28/13): A new fee adopted by the Middlesex Board of Commissioners for extensive public records requests may violate the state's Public Records law, according to the North Carolina Press Association.

From WNCT (3/27/13): Do you have a right to know who owns a concealed weapon?

From the Lumina News (3/27/13): Violations of public records and open meetings laws could be a misdemeanor crime under a bill sponsored by Sen. Thom Goolsby.

From the Wilson Times (3/26/13): Lawmakers who want to strengthen open meetings and records laws and punish officials who violate them face formidable opposition from state employees groups.

From The Pendulum (3/21/13): On March 8, the North Carolina Supreme Court made a decision that directly affects Elon University students. According to the ruling, private university campus police in North Carolina are effectively exempt from public records laws that require public records be disclosed in reasonable circumstances. This is a major loophole in the law.

From the Wilson Times (3/16/13): State lawmakers filed two bills to give North Carolina residents more access to public records and meetings in the midst of a weeklong open government campaign.

From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): One week after Port City Daily sent public records requests to five municipal law enforcement agencies, only one agency fully complied with the public records request.

UPDATE: The Turnage Conference, which was to be sponsored, in part, by the Sunshine Center of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, has been postponed because of a scheduling conflict with a speaker. A new date for the conference hasn't been set, but it won't happen during Elon University's spring semester. When and if the conference is rescheduled, we will let you know. The full text of the original release related to the conference is still available below.

From the Watauga Democrat (3/15/13): The Boone Town Council discussed more matters behind closed doors than the councils of Asheville and Elizabeth City in 2012, according to meeting minutes. But the number of Boone's closed session agenda items vary from year to year, influenced by the different town issues that arise, council members say.

From the Port City Daily (3/15/13): Move over Florida, there’s a new Sunshine State.