That’s because, she contends, they won’t give candid opinions if what they say — or at least what they put in writing — can become public through an open records request. “We want it as open and transparent as humanly possible without being disruptive to people being able to candidly and openly express their opinion […]
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Could newspapers survive under a nonprofit model?
American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. United Way of Central Oklahoma. Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. OPUBCO Communications Group? Would the parent company of The Oklahoman, the state’s largest-circulation newspaper, join the list of area nonprofits? What about Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., owner of The Edmond Sun, The Norman Transcript and 12 other Oklahoma newspapers? […]
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A pledge to support the public’s right to know
Perhaps more Oklahomans want their government conducted in the open than the politicians realized. Voters on Nov. 4 elected 13 of the 25 candidates for statewide, legislative or county offices who had pledged to support the public’s right to know at every opportunity. Among those elected are five metro-area members of the state House and […]
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Sealed records shield court cases from public scrutiny
District court judges in Oklahoma have sealed at least one record of a case in more than 2,300 court cases between 2003 and 2007 ” typically because attorneys in the cases had simply asked, the Tulsa World recently reported. Wrongful-death, medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits were among the cases the newspaper found with at […]