06/20/17 – By Mikaela Porter Town officials plan to appeal last week’s Freedom of Information Commission decision that police brutality lawsuit settlement information involving a former Enfield officer is public information, saying the documents are exempt from FOI because they are maintained by the town’s former insurer. [Read More]
06/19/17 – By Ethan Fry Derby must release a lawyer’s report detailing an investigation of a complaint made against the city’s police chief, the Freedom of Information Commission ruled Wednesday (June 14). [Read More]
06/16/17 – by Kevin Schultz NORWALK — The president of Norwalk’s public teachers union has filed a formal complaint with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission against the city’s Board of Education and its Finance Committee. [Read More]
06/15/17 – By Dan Klau The Connecticut General Assembly recently issued a Request for Proposals concerning the operation of CT-N — the Connecticut Television Network. As presently written, this RFP would dramatically restrict CT-N’s ability to cover Executive and Judicial Branch proceedings, which CT-N has covered for many years. Even more startling, the RFP would […]
06/15/17 – By Ethan Fry Ansonia’s two major political parties have agreed to change the way they conduct some of their business. [Read More]
06/14/17 – By Mikaela Porter The town of Enfield violated state law by not providing the ACLU of Connecticut records related to brutality lawsuit settlements involving a former officer, a Freedom of Information Commission hearing officer has ruled. [Read More]
06/14/17 – By Mikaela Porter The Freedom of Information Commission Wednesday unanimously adopted a hearing officer’s report that found police brutality lawsuit settlements involving a former Enfield officer are public information. [Read More]
06/08/17 – By Ann Radelat Katharine Wade, head of the Connecticut Insurance Department, may be fined $1,000 for violating public records laws because her agency declined to release documents relating to her approval of a proposed merger between Aetna and Humana. [Read More]
06/06/17 – By Ethan Fry Members of the Shelton pension board clearly didn’t have open government in mind when they changed meeting dates, failed to file meeting minutes on time, and moved gatherings from an obvious public space and into the mayor’s office. [Read More]
05/15/17 – By David Owens A lawyer for the parents of a UConn student struck and killed by a university fire vehicle in October argued Monday against release of a video showing the incident, saying its publication would cause overwhelming grief and severe emotional anguish for her family. [Read More]