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Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that Grayson County E-911 violated open records law by failing to provide 911 audio recordings to The Courier-Journal without adequate justification, while properly withholding some other records like patient medical information.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that Southeast State Correctional Complex did not violate the Open Records Act by denying an inmate's request for phone call records, saying the prison does not actually possess the records maintained by contractor Securus Technologies.
Kentucky's Attorney General upheld the Henderson County Detention Center's decision to give a former employee five business days to file a legal challenge before releasing employment records, finding no violation of the Open Records Act.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that the Kentucky State Reformatory properly handled a request for inmate jail credit information, finding it did not describe specific public records required under the state's Open Records Act.
The Kentucky Attorney General upheld the Kentucky State Police's denial of a 911 call recording request from Cameron McClure, finding the agency properly rejected the request because McClure failed to provide documentation proving he was a Kentucky resident as required by state open records law.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that inmate call logs held by private contractor Securus Technologies are not public records under state law, even though Green River Correctional Complex has access to them for investigations.
Kentucky's Attorney General declined to find a violation of the Open Records Act by the Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors in a dispute with Angela Hogan over response timing to her records request.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled the Board of Optometric Examiners violated the Open Records Act by withholding a letter identifying optometrists licensed without passing required national exams, though the board may redact individual exam scores.
The Kentucky Attorney General's office ruled that the Kentucky State Penitentiary properly withheld an inmate's pending disciplinary records under open records exemptions for preliminary documents, and that another facility's records were not the prison's responsibility to release.
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office upheld the state penitentiary's denial of an inmate's request for the facility's Kosher menu, finding the document does not contain a specific reference to the inmate by name and therefore falls within a statutory exemption under Kentucky law.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman upheld the Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport's open records response, rejecting a property owner's claim that more extensive records existed regarding drainage and environmental impacts near her Paris Pike property.
Kentucky's Attorney General upheld the Taylor County Sheriff's Office's denial of an open records request for documents from a 2021 traffic stop that the office did not conduct, finding the requester failed to prove the records existed.
Kentucky's Attorney General found the Franklin County Fiscal Court initially violated the Open Records Act by failing to provide a written response to a records request within the required timeframe, though the agency ultimately provided all available documents.
Kentucky's Attorney General found the Cabinet for Health and Family Services violated the state's Open Records Act by failing to respond to a SNAP account records request within five business days, citing a missed email during employee leave.
Kentucky's Attorney General upheld the Kentucky State Police's denial of a duplicate records request from La'Daya Daniels, finding the agency did not violate the Open Records Act when she failed to provide justification for resubmitting the request.
Kentucky's Attorney General upheld the Department of Corrections' denial of an inmate's request for medical treatment eligibility criteria, ruling that state law only requires records be provided to inmates if they contain a specific reference to that inmate by name.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that Meade County School District violated the state's Open Records Act by failing to respond to one public records request and providing an incomplete response to another involving an incident at the school.
The Kentucky Attorney General declined to find Park Hills violated the Open Records Act when a dispute arose over whether the city timely responded to a records request, saying the office could not resolve the factual disagreement.
Kentucky's Attorney General ruled that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services violated open records law by failing to respond timely to child welfare data requests, but upheld the agency's right to deny requests for compiled statistics.
The Kentucky Attorney General ruled that the State Police violated open records law by failing to properly explain why it was withholding DNA laboratory files, though the exemption itself was ultimately upheld as lawful.