Amye Bensenhaver
Amye is a retired assistant AG who specialized in open records laws. She is the co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. (Read the rest of her bio on the Contributors page.)
KY lawmakers display an alarming misunderstanding of police, transparency
Change to open records law for law enforcement will likely harm, more than protect, the public
KY Open Govt Coalition statement on HB 520
The bill supposedly “clarifies” open records around law enforcement records – but actually damages the open records law itself
Once again, Repubs go after open records
A change of one word opens the door, once again, to hiding every record in an open criminal investigation
A personal connection to Jimmy Carter by a ForwardKY writer
Our small world got a little bit smaller.
Three open-records issues as a result of a misleading headline
If we value our access to what our government is doing, we need to pay attention to these ongoing concerns.
To thwart records requests, LMPD used app to automatically delete messages
Are any other state or local agencies doing the same thing?
Live out of state? Our ‘open records’ are closed to you.
Want to look at nursing home inspection records for your aging Kentucky mother? Too bad – our lawmakers won’t let you.
This time, the Open Records law worked as intended
It was interpreted objectively, free of politics, prejudice, and passion.
SCOKY provides long-overdue course correction to law enforcement and open records
The balance between the right of law enforcement to keep records confidential in certain instances, and the right of the public to know what their police forces are doing, has been restored.
WKU finally follows the open-records law
A nine-year saga appears to finally be coming to an end.
What do you mean, the fiscal note is ‘confidential’?!?
Another example of the secrecy surrounding so much of what is done in Frankfort.
A political tempest in an open-records teapot
But in the end, it’s abused children that are being harmed
