News articles about Connecticut FOI and information from the organizations.
05/08/2023 By Christine Stuart Similar to what lawmakers have been trying to practice this session, some lawmakers want local boards and commission members to show their faces when talking and Read More …
05/08/2023 Editorial When it comes to fights over public education – from removing pornography from school libraries to ensuring racial essentialism isn’t laundered into school curricula through “equity” initiatives – Read More …
05/05/2023 By Brian Hallenbeck May 5—Connecticut’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill this week that would establish a task force to study requiring public comment periods at meetings of Read More …
05/03/2023 By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board This started out as a great year for Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, but now it’s in trouble. In February, investigative reporters at Read More …
05/03/2023 By Justin Goodman Shame on Connecticut legislators for advancing a misguided bill (SB 1153) to exempt the University of Connecticut and other state institutions from the open records law Read More …
05/02/2023 By Brian Lockhart, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, and Joshua Eaton BRIDGEPORT — In an effort to comply with a state transparency law it has long flouted, Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration Read More …
04/26/2023 By Michele Jacklin The silence has been deafening. Curiously so. As state lawmakers continue to hack away at Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act, the response from members of the Read More …
04/26/2023 By David Collins At about the same time New London began to dig in its heels over my body cam footage request, Stonington announced it had assigned a staff Read More …
If you or your friends missed the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government’s “Stories Behind the Big Stories” event last month, you can watch it on Monday, March 6 at 7:30 Read More …
Kate Farrish, a CFOG board member and an assistant professor of journalism at Central Connecticut State University, is inviting people who are in the New Britain area on Wednesday, March Read More …
