Appeals court rules economic development organization subject to public...
In a win for a group of citizens in East Tennessee, the Court of Appeals in Knoxville ruled this week that a nonprofit economic development organization in Jefferson County is Continue Reading...
View ArticleChancellor refuses to find Nashville school board’s closed-door meeting with...
Davidson County Chancellor Anne Martin on Wednesday allowed a claim of an Open Meetings violation against the Metro Nashville School Board to go forward, including depositions of school board members...
View ArticleChancellor puts Ridgetop BOMA under permanent court order to not violate open...
Chancellor Laurence McMillan Jr. has permanently enjoined the Ridgetop’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen from violating the Tennessee Open Meetings Act again in an action that should help ensure that...
View ArticleTCOG joins open meetings lawsuit against Registry of Election Finance board...
In an effort to uphold the Open Meetings Act, the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government today joined news media organizations, journalists and press associations in filing an open meetings lawsuit...
View ArticleJudge: Nashville board violated Open Meetings Act by failing to provide...
A Davidson County chancellor ruled that Nashville government violated the Open Meetings Act in 2018 by failing to provide adequate notice of a Metro Sports Authority board meeting in which Continue...
View ArticleResident files open meetings, public records lawsuit against Lebanon City...
The Lebanon City Council, despite undergoing training in the open meetings and public records law last year to settle a legal claim, must now face a judge over new allegations. Continue Reading...
View ArticleJoe Towns’ threat to challenge finance disclosure law influenced secret vote...
Longtime Memphis lawmaker Joe Towns threatened to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s campaign finance disclosure laws if a settlement of Towns’ outstanding fines was not...
View ArticleChancellor to hear arguments in open meetings case against election finance...
Chancellor Ellen Lyle is scheduled to hear arguments today in an open meetings lawsuit filed by several news media organizations and Tennessee Coalition for Open Government against the Tennessee...
View ArticleJudge: Registry of Election Finance board violated Open Meetings Act with...
Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled today that the Registry of Election Finance violated the Open Meetings Act when it voted by email outside of a public meeting to accept a Continue Reading Tennessee...
View ArticleAG’s office did not serve the public interest in seeking loophole to Open...
A Davidson County chancellor took much-needed action last week. She gave public accountability a boost and set the Attorney General’s Office straight on the Open Meetings Act. Chancellor Ellen Hobbs...
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