NC Open Government

From the Charlotte Observer (7/22/11): North Carolina football coach Butch Davis said Thursday he will release records of the business calls he made on his personal cellphone in response to a media public records request.

From VaNcNews.com (7/20/11): The Warren County Board of Elections took a firm stance on Tuesday against directives from the county regarding travel to meetings and whether or not the county furlough policy applies to the two elections employees.

From the Huntersville Herald Weekly (7/7/11): Almost three months after the Herald Weekly requested Town of Davidson emails on Visit Lake Norman and MI-Connection, the town has yet to produce them.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (7/5/11): Two high-profile murder cases have given jurors and potential jurors in Wake County a lingering case of the jitters.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (6/16/11): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Wednesday night that it would release phone records and parking tickets sought by The News and Observer and other media companies in the wake of an NCAA investigation of the UNC football program.

From the Salisbury Post (6/19/11): After learning Fibrant will borrow millions of dollars from other city funds, some local businessmen are calling for more transparency for the city's new broadband service.

From SPLC.org (6/15/11): The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided Wednesday not to delay the court-ordered release of athletic records by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From Mountain Xpress (6/14/11): While the all-important $19.7 billion state budget labored its way through the General Assembly en route to Gov. Bev Perdue's historic June 12 veto (the first time a North Carolina governor has ever rejected a budget), legislators also pushed a number of other bills along the Statehouse corridors toward the June 9 crossover deadline (after which most bills can't be considered for the rest of the two-year session). Some lost their earlier patina; others made light of the serious business at hand.

From SPLC.org (6/1/11): Nick Ochsner may have already walked across the stage, but he is still fighting Elon University's decision to withhold information about an on-campus arrest.

From the Burlington Times-News (5/25/11): The House Rules Committee on Wednesday eclipsed an effort to write open government into the N.C. Constitution.