Q&A: Sub-committees and open meetings
From The Commercial Review (Portland):
Q: Jay County has seen tremendous growth in the past several years in the number of confined animal feeding operations....
Q&A: Are nonprofit contracts public records?
From the Pilot News (Plymouth):
Q: If a nonprofit organization signs a contract with a city – or in this case is negotiating a contract...
Q&A: Political ad requirements
From the News-Times (Hartford City):
Q: Do political ads with the disclaimer “Paid for by the Committee to Elect John Doe” also have to include...
Q&A: Changes to public notice requirements passed in 2014
From the Pilot News (Plymouth):
Q: Can you give an update on the law that allows an alternative means of publication of budgets? When is...
Q&A: Obtaining community foundation’s emails to city council
From the Shelbyville News:
Q: We have a community foundation that finds itself at the center of budget discussions in Shelbyville. There have been allegations...
Q&A: Public university’s TV deal
From the Ball State Daily News:
Q: I’m working to find information on the television deal between ESPN and the Mid-American Conference signed in August....
Q&A: Change in public notice advertisement
From Franklin Township Informer (Indianapolis):
Q: The newspaper had a public notice advertisement scheduled to run Aug. 20 and Sept. 3. It ran Aug. 20,...
Q&A: Correcting public notice error
From Daily Reporter (Greenfield):
Q: One of our school districts has published its budget figures, but the district office secretary noticed one small error. She...
Q&A: Auditor can make records available in-office only
Q: A Boone County Auditor’s Office employee told me I need to either come to the auditor’s office to pick up the public records...
Q&A: Salary records for questionable medical leave
From the South Bend Tribune:
Q: A council member has been on “medical leave” since July 28 following a drunken driving arrest. During that time,...