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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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The Marshall Project: We Investigated How Police Use Dogs as Weapons. Here’s How You Can Do It Too.

Dec 30, 2020

We investigated how police use dogs as weapons. Here’s how you can do it too. in The Marshall Project. New York, 2020 (accessed December 29, 2020). But the use of dogs varied widely among the police departments for which we got data through public records requests;...

South Bend Tribune: Virus triggers more nursing home pain: Poor staffing, missed reforms among ways state failed residents

Dec 29, 2020

Evans, Tim, Emily Hopkins, and Tony Cook. 2020. Virus triggers more nursing home pain: Poor staffing, missed reforms among ways state failed residents. Palladium - Item, Dec 27, 2020. (accessed December 29, 2020). For more than nine months, Indiana officials reassured...

Detroit News: Supreme Court to hear challenge to UM over anti-immigration activist’s papers

Dec 29, 2020

LeBlanc, Beth. 2020. Supreme court to hear challenge to UM over anti-immigration activist's papers. TCA Regional News, Dec 28, 2020. (accessed December 29, 2020). A case headed to the Michigan Supreme Court will test some limits of Michigan universities' obligations...