Sunshine Law
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has nearly completed work on a backlog of requests for records submitted to his office by the public last year. That means work can finally begin processing requests submitted this year. The 2023 requests were initially supposed to be completed by May. But a spokeswoman for the attorney general said staff…
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By the end of the month, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey expects to complete work on the mountain of public records requests submitted to the office last year. That will allow the five-person team working through the Sunshine Law backlog to finally turn its attention to the nearly 300 pending requests filed since Bailey took…
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey expects to finally complete work on public records requests submitted to the office under his predecessor by the end of the year. A review by The Independent of the massive Sunshine Law backlog — which stood at 315 pending requests on Friday — found inquiries from reporters and political operatives, as well…
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Ashley talks to David Adam about the Sunshine Hero award he earned for Muddy River News that will be presented by the Missouri Press Association this weekend. She also learns about Teens Encounter Christ from Sam Doellman and Emily Kite.
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A Cole County judge on Wednesday, June 28 ordered the state to pay more than $240,000 in legal fees as part of a ruling that found the attorney general’s office “knowingly and purposefully” violated open records law while it was being run by now-U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. “A big win for transparency, election fairness and…
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