open records requests

Murray State University’s Board of Regents chair issued a statement late Friday criticizing a local television station for its legal action earlier this week – when it requested over $400,000 from the school for attorney fees and statutory penalties resulting from a case over records requests.

Freedom of information advocates say proposed changes to Kentucky’s open records law under House Bill 509 are an “all-out assault on transparency.”

Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill that would shield personal information about police, prosecutors, judges and their relatives from open records…