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26 Apr, 2024

Quick take on open government wins, losses at 2024 legislature
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Quick take on open government wins, losses at 2024 legislature

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Quick take on open government wins, losses at 2024 legislature

By Deborah Fisher|2024-04-26T12:13:02-05:00April 26, 2024|Categories: Legislature|Tags: attorneys' fees, autopsies, Gov. Bill Lee, Rebecca Alexander, state college boards, State Rep. William Lamberth, Super Bowl, Susan Lynn, tax records, tourism|0 Comments

Lawmakers handed open government some wins and losses during the session that ended Thursday. Among the wins was a bill by state Rep. Susan Lynn to add muscle to the Sunshine Law by allowing recovery of attorney fees and reasonable costs when a citizen prevails in an open meetings lawsuit.

7 Feb, 2024

Autopsies of murdered children would become confidential under bill passed by subcommittee
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Autopsies of murdered children would become confidential under bill passed by subcommittee

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Autopsies of murdered children would become confidential under bill passed by subcommittee

By Deborah Fisher|2024-02-07T08:36:45-06:00February 7, 2024|Categories: crime records, Legislature, Public Records|Tags: autopsies, crime records, legislature, minors, Rebecca Alexander|0 Comments

Autopsies of murdered children would become confidential under a bill that passed a House subcommittee on Tuesday. TCOG testified against the bill, noting examples of when journalists, often working with extended family members, used autopsies to shine light on coverups and mistakes, including a child shot in head by Memphis police in a botched housing raid and child killed by his mother's boyfriend in Columbia.