Attorney General Opinions

The Dyersburg State Gazette published a story recently about our state's sunshine laws. The story was about two county commissioners who met with the principal and PTO representative at an elementary school to clarify information about its future. The paper was told about the meeting about 30 minutes before. The State Gazette's story probes whether the meeting violated the state's sunshine laws. In addition to quoting the law about meetings between two or more members of a public body, the newspaper also quoted a 2012 Attorney General opinion that shed light on the sometimes thorny issue of what triggers the Open Meetings Act. From the State Gazette: "Although exceptions are [...]