Bridgeport’s attempt to comply with transparency law may not be legal, experts say – Connecticut Post

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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 …

Michele Jacklin: Nix these new restraints on Connecticut’s FOI Act – Connecticut Mirror

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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 …

David Collins: New London to fight FOI Commission’s order to release police body cam video – The Day, New London

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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 …

Stories being re-aired by CT-N on March 6 at 7:30 a.m. and throughout next week between legislative business

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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 …

How to Access Public Records and Public Meetings

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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 …

The Day: Thin excuses for keeping the public in the dark

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From the Day, New London 01/22/2023 At a Jan. 3 proceeding conducted by a Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission hearing officer, an attorney for the Connecticut Port Authority was pressed Read More …

Wielding FOI Act, columnist Collins made his mark – The Day, New London

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By Brian Hallenback 01/21/23 For David Collins, The Day’s columnist, 2022 was a typically impactful year. He weighed in on the Connecticut Port Authority’s role in transforming State Pier in Read More …

Video taken at town halls fails as citizen journalism – Journal Inquirer

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By Chris Powell 01/09/2023 Because of the First Amendment, anyone in the United States can be a journalist at any time — no training or licensing required. Because of Connecticut’s Read More …

Stamford Democrats to Interview Candidates for Open Seat on Board of Ed – CT Examiner

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By Angela Carella 01/06/2023 Paul Arvoy is the father of four children who went through Stamford Public Schools, and a fifth who is in high school now. Arvoy, himself a Read More …

Lamont’s corruption-plagued port authority still fighting transparency – The Day, New London

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By David Collins 01/07/2023 You would think that Gov. Ned Lamont, with his administration under multiple criminal investigations focused on hundreds of millions of dollars in public spending, would try Read More …