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Attorney General Lisa Madigan created the Public Access Counselor position in 2004. Attorney General Lisa Madigan established the Public Access and Opinions Division in December 2004, and appointed Terry Mutchler as the first Public Access Counselor. [5] The PAC could mediate disputes and write letters to encourage public bodies to comply with ...
The Attorney General's office, led by Lisa Madigan, issued a binding opinion titled "Public Access Opinion 11-006" on November 15, 2011. [b] [6]: 1 Binding opinions are rare; less than 0.5 percent of complaints submitted to the Public Access Counselor result in a binding opinion from the Attorney General.
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Luke H. Britt, the Indiana public access counselor, said the board’s facilities and auxiliaries committee violated the Open Door Law on Aug. 24 when it began — and ended — its meeting before ...
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Illinois Public Access Opinion 16‑006 is a binding opinion of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Issued in 2016 in the aftermath of the police murder of Laquan McDonald, the opinion addressed a public records request from Cable News Network (CNN) for private emails by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) related to the incident.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts slammed what he described as “dangerous” talk by some officials about ignoring federal court rulings, using an annual report weeks before President ...
The first Illinois statutes concerning public access to records involved county offices. A law enacted in 1887 granted public access to records in the possession of a county recorder, and other statutes granted access to records of a county clerk or board of supervisors. The courts also recognized the legislature's authority to grant access to ...