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Georgia Election Board Settles Transparency Lawsuit, Agrees to End Private Email Use

Transparency advocates score a win as Georgia’s election board settles a public records case, mandating official accounts for ...
Yahoo

Georgia Republicans push last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records

ATLANTA (AP) — With one day left of the legislative session, Georgia Republicans mustered together a proposal to limit public access to records about state lawmakers' communications and police reports ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia bills would prevent disclosure of records involving public employees

Two bills that would prevent the public from obtaining information about government employees passed a Georgia Senate committee Monday over the objection of open government advocates. Senate Bill 215 ...
11Alive

Georgia Supreme Court issues significant ruling on open records law

ATLANTA — Georgia's Supreme Court issued a ruling on Monday expanding the scope of public records access under the state's Open Records Act. The state's high court heard an appeal from a man, Ryan ...
The Current

Facts with receipts: How The Current finds documents and how you can, too

A free, open and democratic society requires open records — a public right to inspect government plans, e-mails, budgets, invoices and other records. “Sunshine” laws guarantee that right and The ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ballot images made public in Georgia after heated election

Don’t trust the results of the election? For the first time, Georgia voters can check ballots for themselves. Digital images of ballots are now public records in Georgia, available for anyone to see ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia Republicans push last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records

Georgia Republicans proposed a bill to limit public access to records about state lawmakers' communications and police reports, bypassing the usual legislative process. The bill would further restrict ...