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Mecklenburg Co. Judge approved temporary return to paper amid widespread eCourts outage Sunday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County Chief District Court Judge Elizabeth Trosch approved a temporary return to paper processes late Sunday evening amid a mass outage of the new digital case … more
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Greensboro cyber attack takes down some Cabarrus Register of Deeds services
CONCORD — Some online services provided by the Cabarrus County Register of Deeds remain down following a cybersecurity event with the Greensboro-based records website vendor. … more
Nashville’s police chief, HR director both suspended
Nashville police Chief John Winstead and Nashville Human Resources Director Matt Joyner late last month were suspended indefinitely with pay, Town Manager Randy Lansing said Friday afternoon. … more
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SEN. LAZZARA THREATENS TO WEAKEN THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW BY REPLACING LOCAL PUBLISHERS’ TRUSTED VOICE IN PUBLIC NOTICES DISTRIBUTION WITH GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
Like his predecessors in the General Assembly, Onslow County Sen. Michael Lazzara makes the same misguided arguments in his SB 200 that government should take over notifying the public of important … more
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NC Press Association Backs Bipartisan 2023 Govt Transparency Act
A newly sworn-in North Carolina General Assembly and a fresh legislative session present an opportunity to significantly advance government transparency and the people’s right to … more
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Inmate booking photos shouldn't be a state secret
State senators are taking aim at a shady business practice, but instead of chasing cash-grabbers into the sunlight, they’ve decided we’d all be better off in the dark. Sen. Tim … more
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‘Heinous’ teachers lead to NC bill with tougher penalties for sex offenses with students 
Legislation filed on Thursday would increase the criminal penalties on North Carolina school employees who have sex with students and on school administrators who fail to promptly report the … more
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Public Notice Year in Review
When Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7049 in May, Florida became the first state to enact a law allowing local governments to publish notices on their own websites rather than in newspapers. … more
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Government transparency bill driving conversation
Lawmakers in the N.C. General Assembly will again take up what, on its face, seems a commonsense bill that would open the disciplinary records of government employees. The Government Transparency Act … more
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WHY IS NC STUCK AT THE BOTTOM OF “RIGHT TO KNOW” STATES?
For decades North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of all states in the country when it comes to the public’s right to know what went wrong when a government employee is transferred, demoted … more
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN STILL MAKE HISTORY
The North Carolina General Assembly remains poised to make open government history next week when lawmakers return to Raleigh for the last time in 2021. It has been a while since our legislature has … more
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Myers Park principal reassigned after Title IX complaints, investigation
Embattled Myers Park High Principal Mark Bosco has a new job in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, following a nearly-three month investigation and suspension prompted by complaints from students that he … more
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City accused of ‘toxic work environment’ Mayor, city manager silent on 6 resignations in 10 months
  Link to Full story at Goldsboro News Argus   Shycole Simpson-Carter, Goldsboro’s former community relations director, said Friday the city is losing its top … more
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Sixth city department head resigns in 10 months Two cite work environment and culture
Link to Full story   Goldsboro’s travel and tourism director has resigned, making her the sixth of the city’s 16 department heads to leave the city during the past 10 … more
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Don’t shroud disciplinary records of NC employees
Three Wilmington police officers were  fired last year  after video footage from one officer’s cruiser revealed they had made a slew of racist and hate-filled remarks. Employee … more
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History-Making Access to State & Local Government Records now within Reach
When the 2021 session of the General Assembly began, passage of legislation to advance public access to records of disciplinary actions taken by those employed by taxpayers in state and local … more
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The Government Transparency Act of 2021 Timeline
Open Government access in North Carolina went through several historic steps this legislative session, and despite the work of anti-transparency lobbying groups representing teachers and state … more
North Carolina is an outlier among states in keeping so much information about government employees shrouded in secrecy. 
This secrecy is at odds with North Carolina's otherwise broad commitment to principles of government transparency that promote our informed democracy.  In other areas of public records law, … more
NC senators: Personnel records on educators, police and others shouldn’t be secret
It’s no secret that disciplinary records of taxpayer-funded employees are kept behind lock and key. That shroud of secrecy prevents the public from finding out why a teacher moves from school … more
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Our Opinion: Transparency foes don't represent NC stakeholders
A Wilson Times editorial Who says North Carolina’s state employees and schoolteachers are against transparency? Lobbying efforts from the State Employees Association of North Carolina … more
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