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Committee Tackles Public Records Exemptions
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A legislative committee has begun to review the long list of exemptions that currently exists to the state’s public records laws.VPR News
Public Record Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
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A bill that makes changes in the state’s public record laws is headed to Governor Peter Shumlin. Vermont ACLU director Allen Gilbert says the current public records law passed 35 years ago it hasn’t had an effective enforcement mechanism.VPR News
House Passes Open Records Bill
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The House has passed a bill that updates Vermont’s public records law. The bill makes it easier for people who are denied access to records to collect their attorneys’ fees if they sue for the documents and win in court.VPR News
House Set To Take Up Public Records Bill
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The Vermont House has advanced a bill making it easier for someone denied access to public records who sues and wins to collect attorneys’ fees.VPR News
House To Take Up Public Records Bill
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The bill, scheduled for debate on Tuesday, contains a key provision sought by open-records advocates. Current law says judges have the option of awarding attorneys’ fees to someone who is denied access to records, goes to court and wins.VPR News
Shumlin Tells Press Group He Favors Open Government
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he may stop short of insisting on a change in state law that would require judges to award attorney’s fees to people requesting public records when government agencies turn them away and later are overruled by the courts.VPR News
Lawmakers Weigh Office To Enforce Public Records Law
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Vermont lawmakers are considering a bill that would establish a state office to enforce public records laws.Vermont Edition
