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Indiana Public Access Counselor, Jennifer Ruby, Publishes First Two Opinions

You can read the first two (and more in the future) 2025 Advisory Opinions from Indiana's new Public Access Counselor, Jennifer Ruby: 25-FC-00B: Alleged Violation of the Access to Public Records Act by the New Carlisle Town Council 25-FC-003: Alleged Violation of the Open Door Law by the Green...

Who you gonna call? 260-ASK-ICOG!

We are excited to launch our public access (ODL, APRA, and civics phone help line), 260-ASK-ICOG. Staffed by ICOG volunteers, we'll do our best to assist you with your questions related to open government in the Hoosier state. Currently being explored as a pilot project, we will re-evaluate the...

The Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana public access office goes quiet amid turnover

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz. 2025-05-30. Indiana Capital Chronicle. Tippecanoe County resident Pamela Frazee just wants to know if her messages went through. Phone calls to Indiana’s Office of the Public Access Counselor (PAC) route directly to a voicemail box and aren’t returned. Emails — including...

Indiana Debate Commission: Governor candidates to participate in televised debate on October 24, 2024

Archived Debate The Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian candidates for Indiana governor have agreed to meet Oct. 24 in a televised debate organized by the Indiana Debate Commission. The debate among Mike Braun (R), Jennifer McCormick (D), and Donald Rainwater (L) will be broadcast live at 7-8...

WRTV Indianapolis: School board member aims to boost transparency after filing her own complaint

Kenney, Kara. 2023. School board member aims to boost transparency after filing her own complaint. WRTV. June 16, 2023. A West Lafayette mother and school board member is aiming to improve transparency and the public’s access to information. Click on the image to play the video.

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IGA 2021 Session: House Bill 1365

Feb 12, 2021

HB 1365: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1365 An incredibly large bill (115 pages), with various reforms to election law in Indiana. One change we saw of concern is making any Anomaly Report confidential except at the discretion of the Secretary of...

IGA 2021 Session: House bill 1418

Feb 12, 2021

HB 1418: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1418 When some areas expand, others contract. One area to note is that the bill expands the mandatory exemptions (10) from Application information declared confidential by the Indiana Economic Development...

Indianapolis Star: Indiana Senate overrides veto on Indianapolis landlord-tenant bill

Feb 11, 2021

Lange, Kaitlin, and Amelia Pak-Harvey. 2021. Indiana senate overrides veto on indy landlord bill. Indianapolis Star, Feb 09, 2021. (accessed February 11, 2021). In a statement Monday, Holcomb said he "remained confident in his decision to veto the bill.""To be sure,...

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Companies line up to bid on Grand Park: 18, some in central Indiana, want to own or operate sports campus

May 1, 2022

Carloni, Brittany. 2022. Companies line up to bid on grand park: 18, some in Central Indiana, want to own or operate sports campus. Indianapolis Star, Apr 27, 2022. (accessed May 1, 2022). Eighteen companies have informed Westfield they are interested in either...

Court rules that Fairfield Township must hand over documents to J&C, effective immediately

Apr 30, 2022

Padilla, Noe. 2022. Court rules that Fairfield Township must hand over documents to J&C, effective immediately. Journal and Courier, Apr 30, 2022. (accessed April 30, 2022). LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After eight months of the Journal & Courier requesting documents...

‘Profiteering, cold-hearted’ nursing home owners should be investigated, congressman says

Apr 24, 2022

Fraser, Jayme, and Nick Penzenstadler. 2022. Lawmaker urges nursing home probe: Rush calls out 'profiteering, cold-hearted' owners and asks congress to act. Star Press, Apr 09, 2022. (accessed April 24, 2022). "If (REITs) own the real estate, then they should not be...