Kentucky Open Records

Kentucky laws and court cases

Kentucky open records statute Go to Section 870.

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Guide to Open Government for Kentucky

Letter Generator

Create open records request that conforms to Kentucky requirements

Exemptions

Document types exempted from public access.

Contacts (where to send requests)

Link to the Datacenter of various public records available online, provided by The Courier Journal of Louisville, KY

Kentucky School Superintendents

State Salary Database

The Herald Leader provides this database of salaries of state employees, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and the University of Kentucky for the year 2006: Kentucky State Salary Database

To see what other states have salary databases, click here.

Blogs, websites and resources that use open records

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Conservative Edge

Bluegrass Policy Blog

Kentucky Progress

Blue Grass, Red State

Press

Head to Sunshine Review for the most recent open record updates in Kentucky.

2008

October 28, 2008: AG: Lexington violated Open Records Act

October 23, 2008: Newspaper withdraws AG appeal

October 3, 2008: Track your tax dollars

September 21, 2008: Confidence in courts on trial

September 8, 2008: Kentucky attorney general sides with Eastern Kentucky student newspaper in request to open campus police records

August 30, 2008: Transportation Cabinet holds conflict of interest report

August 28, 2008: Progress wins open records appeal

August 22, 2008: Court: 62 UofL Foundation Donors To Stay Anonymous

August 6, 2008: U of L grant checks end up in local bank

July 30, 2008: Public Agencies Send Notices Via E-mail

July 15, 2008: Contractor: Make arena bidding records public

July 11, 2008: Release of downtown arena bids sought

May 14, 2008: Former principal seeks to widen suit

March 21, 2008: Open Records Audit results

March 15, 2008: Beshear avoids e-mails, prefers verbal communications

February 2, 2008: Former eastern Ky. candidate charged with destroying records

2007

December 18, 2007: Police right in shielding rape suspect, judge rules

November 21, 2007: Judge rules state employees's e-mail should be released

November 20, 2007: Man may see wife's work e-mails

May 2007: School board cited for violating Open Records law

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