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Amye Bensenhaver

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Co-founder, Kentucky Open Government Coalition; former assistant attorney general; jack of no trade, master of one. Opinions here are my own.
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Kentucky’s open door on government transparency is closing

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By Caleb Brown, Amye Bensenhaver, Kate Miller
| Commonwealth Journal Verified
Kentucky built its Open Records Act on a simple, powerful premise: that free and open examination of public records is in the public interest. For nearly 50 years, that premise provided a basic guarantee that Kentuckians could see what their government was doing in their name. That premise is now under a growing threat — from the legislature, and increasingly from the courts. Two recent developments, taken together, reveal how quickly a transparency framework can erode.
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Kentucky’s open door on government transparency is closing

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By Caleb Brown, Amye Bensenhaver, Kate Miller
| Richmond Register Verified
Kentucky built its Open Records Act on a simple, powerful premise: that free and open examination of public records is in the public interest. For nearly 50 years, that premise provided a basic guarantee that Kentuckians could see what their government was doing in their name. That premise is now under a growing threat — from the legislature, and increasingly from the courts. Two recent developments, taken together, reveal how quickly a transparency framework can erode.
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Kentucky’s open door on government transparency is closing

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By Caleb Brown, Amye Bensenhaver, Kate Miller
| Sentinel Echo Verified
Kentucky built its Open Records Act on a simple, powerful premise: that free and open examination of public records is in the public interest. For nearly 50 years, that premise provided a basic guarantee that Kentuckians could see what their government was doing in their name. That premise is now under a growing threat — from the legislature, and increasingly from the courts. Two recent developments, taken together, reveal how quickly a transparency framework can erode.
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