Post Author: Frayda Bluestein
The Ordinance Voting Statutes and the Meaning of the “Date of Introduction”
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/25/22
Legislature Decriminalizes Local Ordinances
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/07/21
Immediate Disclosure of Body-Worn Cameras Related to Death or Serious Bodily Injury
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/27/21
Public Meetings After the Lifting of the State-Level State of Emergency
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/06/21
Clarification of Rules for Remote Meetings Under State Level State of Emergency: No More Waiting 24 Hours After Public Hearings!
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/18/21
Where (and Just What) is the “Personnel File”?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/28/20
New Rules for Meetings of Public Bodies During State-Level Declared Emergencies
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/05/20
Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/13/20
City Obligations for Providing Services to Annexed Areas
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 01/30/20
Is That All There Is? Strategies for Proving a Negative When a Person Alleges That Their Request for Records Has Not Been Fulfilled
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/16/19
Retention Schedules for Local Governments: Five Things You Should Know
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/16/19
Settlements Under the North Carolina Public Records Law
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/15/19
The First Amendment Keeps the “Social” in Government Social Media
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 01/28/19
Answers to Questions About the Mayor Pro Tem.
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 08/27/18
How to Approve Minutes and General Accounts of Closed Sessions
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/05/18
Formulating Plans for Responding to School Violence in Closed Session: Who Can Attend?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 04/06/18
Mediation of Public Records Disputes is Jurisdictional
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/22/17
Satellite Area Boundaries are Corporate Limits, But Not for Purposes of Contiguous Annexation or ETJ.
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/14/17
It’s Campaign Season: What Are the Rules About What City and County Officials May Say and Do?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/30/17
Prayer at Local Government Meetings: An Evolving Jurisprudence
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/19/17
Excusing Board Members from Voting on the Budget
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/19/17
New Rules for Online Access to Databases and Other Records
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/15/17
Open Meetings Book: New Edition Now Available
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/10/17
Email as Public Record: Five Things You Should Know [Updated]
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/20/17
Local Acts Relating to Health and Sanitation: Supreme Court Weighs in On Asheville and Boone Cases
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 01/05/17
Post-Election Questions? Blog Posts Have Answers
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 11/28/16
The Peaceful and Orderly Transfer of Power: Answers to Questions About Organizational Meetings and Swearing In New Board Members
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 11/14/16
Board Majorities Attending External Events or Meetings: When is Notice Required?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 08/15/16
Answers to Questions About North Carolina’s Body-Worn Camera Law
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/20/16
The Latest on North Carolina Body-Worn Camera Legislation
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/22/16
Legislative Proposal Regarding Body-Worn Cameras
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 05/20/16
Requests For Public Records Under FOIA: How Should Local Governments Respond?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 04/25/16
Public Comment Period Policies: What’s Legal?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/15/16
The “Government Speech” Doctrine and Local Government Meetings: Can the Government Take Sides?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 01/15/16
Setting Salaries and Closed Sessions
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/17/15
Two New Exceptions to the Public Records Law Protect Citizen Information
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/28/15
Legislative Transfer of Asheville Water System Is Constitutional
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 10/15/15
New Public Records Exceptions for Security and Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) Information
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/25/15
Annexation Agreements for Economic Development – Not an Option
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 09/09/15
AOC Database is Not Subject to the Public Records Act
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 08/26/15
Trial Court Review of Closed Session Minutes
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 07/28/15
The North Carolina Criminal Self-Dealing Statute (G.S. 14-234): Five Things You Should Know
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/26/15
Removing Members of Appointed Boards
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 06/03/15
Donating Property: Beware of Constitutional Constraints
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 04/13/15
When Board Members Won’t Talk Back
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/27/15
Using Private Email for Public Business: Is it Illegal in North Carolina?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 03/12/15
Law Enforcement Video Camera Records: An Ongoing National Debate About Transparency
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/26/15
County and Municipal Government in North Carolina: New Edition is Now Available
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/13/15
What’s a Public Body?
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 02/03/15
Custodians of Public Records
By: Frayda Bluestein Published on: 12/19/14