‘Invading academic freedom:’ Missouri AG’s probe for university emails raises concerns
A push by the attorney general’s office for the emails of professors and staff at the University of Missouri has…
Tag: Sunshine Law
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Missouri School Boards Association violated Sunshine Law
A Boone County Circuit Court judge has sided with the Missouri School Boards Association and dismissed a lawsuit that argued…
Victories seen in Sunshine Law cases over access to meetings, records
In the tiny town of Edgar Springs, Rebecca Varney recently won a small victory in her fight to access city records,…
Nonprofits in Missouri can withhold donors’ names from government, under new law
Nonprofits in Missouri will no longer have to disclose their donors’ names to government agencies, under a new law signed…
Missouri AG targets school mental health surveys as ‘invasive’
In 2018, a rash of students in southwestern Missouri were dying by suicide. The Neosho School District wasn’t immune. “We were averaging about…
Appeals court finds Greitens’ use of self-destructing text message app wasn’t illegal
Though the use of self-destructing text-messaging apps has the practical effect of “side-stepping the reach of Missouri’s Sunshine Law,” their…
Pair of lawsuits expose potentially massive hole in Sunshine Law
In 2017, in two different state government agencies, Missouri’s Sunshine Law was put to the test. Just weeks after Josh…
Attorney general seeks to dismiss suit alleging the office broke Sunshine Law under Hawley
A Cole County judge heard arguments Thursday over whether staff in the Missouri attorney general’s office, while it was being…
Proposed changes to Missouri Sunshine Law would conceal more records, raise fees
An expansive set of proposed changes to Missouri’s open records law backed by Gov. Mike Parson has transparency advocates alarmed…
Missouri’s top court declines to hear Gardner’s appeal in Greitens records case
It will be up to a St. Louis judge to decide how long Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has to produce…
Loophole means attorney general rarely enforces Sunshine Law on state agencies
When Missouri’s health department refused to turn over certain documents to ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff in October 2020, she did…
Appeals court orders Gardner to turn over Greitens case records
A circuit judge will determine whether St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is entitled to claim privilege for her communications…
Judge hears arguments over whether Missouri House rule violates Sunshine Law
A government transparency advocate argued Friday that the Missouri House of Representatives is defying the will of the voters by…
Parson pushes for bill to boost cost of Sunshine Law requests
Amending Missouri’s open records law to permit government agencies to withhold more information from the public — and charge more…
Missouri agency must pay almost $200,000 for Sunshine Law violations
More than 10 years ago, a Cole County judge decided that “knowing” violations of the Missouri Sunshine Law by a state agency…
Lobbyist sues, accuses MOSERS of violating Missouri Sunshine Law
A new lawsuit will test whether public agencies can hide how much they are paying attorneys and determine how far…