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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it.
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Senate leaders say they value government transparency — especially given the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 6:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If a Florida parent wants to see the personnel file for their child’s public school teacher, the school would hand it over.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the University of North Carolina System over transparency issues hope their case will pave the way for greater openness and accountability at UNC.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 3:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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John Bussian is the principal of the Bussian Law Firm, which specializes in media litigation and has long been a national leader in defending the First Amendment.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC System attorney says Staton resigned voluntarily, board didn't need to be consulted
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A government body can't block the media from reporting on one of its public meetings because its leader doesn't like the coverage he thinks it will get.
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's flattering when the executive editor of the News & Observer calls to ask if he could meet me to discuss a column I'd written
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amendment lawyer Bussian suggests case against N&O actually sought to block critical coverage of crime lab's failures.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former SBI agent claims reports on crime lab were malicious, ruined her career.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Superior Court judge ordered the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education to release previously undisclosed information about the circumstances surrounding the departure of a school superintendent in what media lawyer John Bussian said was "a big deal" for the public's right to know.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday heard arguments in a public records case pitting an Alamance County newspaper against the local school board in a dispute that could establish guidelines for resolving future government secrecy complaints.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments for April 6 in a high-profile case pitting the public's access to official records against government attempts to suppress information from public view.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has been ordered to expedite review of a lawsuit involving a newspaper's request to see records detailing the firing of the superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education
Published: Saturday, February 14th, 2015 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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