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IndyStar: Access counselor-Lawmaker violated Open Door Law during hearing on transgender sports bill
Herron, Arika. 2022. Access counselor: Open door law violated at transgender bill hearing. Indianapolis Star, Feb 10, 2022. (accessed February 10, 2022). An Indiana lawmaker violated the state's Open Door Law when he told the public they could not record a General...
Indiana Trial Court Remote Video Hearings Pilot
You can now stream trial courts, live, across Indiana thanks to a recent Indiana Supreme Court order. You can check out what courts are currently streaming here: https://public.courts.in.gov/INCS#/ Trial courts around the state are conducting remote video hearings,...
Post-Tribune: State officials have to come up with plan to meet OSHA vaccine standard for local government employees, which has left local sheriff’s departments with different interpretations
Kukulka, Alexandra. 2021. State officials have to come up with plan to meet OSHA vaccine standard for local government employees, which has left local sheriff's departments with different interpretations. TCA Regional News, Nov 08, 2021. (accessed November 28, 2021)....
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Access Boot Camp: Register Now!
Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Indiana State Bar Association One Indiana Square, 5th Floor Conference Center Downtown Indianapolis (corner of Ohio and Pennsylvania streets) Join us for a premier access event in downtown Indianapolis. Speakers...
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Better Government Association Statement: Supreme Court FOIA Ruling (Chapman v. Chicago) Limits Transparency; Significantly Broadens Exemptions to FOIA
A unanimous Illinois Supreme Court ruling yesterday in a case called Chapman v. Chicago reverses a lower court’s ruling and blocks plaintiff Matt Chapman’s open records request for information from the City of Chicago’s Department of Finance. The court’s ruling...
2023 IGA Amendment Dataset
One summer project for ICOG is to make more of the Indiana General Assembly Data available to Hoosiers. Here is the first installment of this series. Indiana General Assembly 2023 Amendment Dataset (CSV) Columns available: 'name', 'description', 'state',...
IndyStar: Neighbors’ relief turns to anger as bar is OK’d: El Chila’s license was denied, then extended
Cook, Tony. 2023. Neighbors' relief turns to anger as bar is OK'd: El chila's license was denied, then extended. Indianapolis Star, Apr 09, 2023. Last month, the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission used a new policy intended to crack down on problem bars to deny...