Pennsylvania moves to close autopsy reports…

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Charles N. Davis

A bill that would prevent people from seeing autopsy records in the possession of county coroners is on its way for consideration by the full state Senate. The Senate Local Government Committee voted in favor of the bill Tuesday, 10 months after then-Gov. Ed Rendellvetoed a similar measure. The only “no” vote was by Lackawanna Democratic Sen.John Blake. The law [...]

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Judge orders release of university foundation records…

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Charles N. Davis

From the erstwhile Student Press Law Center: A state court judge on Monday ordered the releaseof East Stroudsburg University Foundation’s donation records, placing a hopeful capstone on a 2-year public records battle. In February 2009 The Pocono Record, a regional paper in Pennsylvania, filed a public records request for funding information from the East Stroudsburg University Foundation in [...]

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Pennsylvania Moves to Toughen Its Open Meetings Law

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Charles N. Davis

A bill to toughen Pennsylvania’s primary open meetings law for governments is on its way to the House after Senate passage. The state Senate voted 48-to-2 on Tuesday to increase penalties for first-time intentional violations of the Sunshine Law to a fine of up to $1,000. Second-time offenders could be hit with a $2,000 fine, and taxpayers [...]

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911 Addresses Ruled Public Records in Pennsylvania

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Charles N. Davis

A Pennsylvania appeals court held Wednesday that the destination addresses — or nearby cross streets — linked with 911 time response reports must be released under state public records laws. The ruling inYork County v. Pennsylvania Office of Open Records overturns a lower court decision that held that the state Office of Open Records was wrong [...]

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Newish Pa. FOI law no panacea…

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Charles N. Davis

A Pennsylvania state appeals court ruled Thursday that incident reports filed by state police officers are not public records, citing an exemption in the state’s Right to Know Law that protects from public disclosure “a record of an agency relating to or resulting in a criminal investigation.” The court’s 6-1 ruling reversed an earlier decision [...]

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