right to know

The proposal is supported by the New Hampshire Attorney General. But it has divided Republicans and Democrats.

The state Supreme Court has ruled that internal police disciplinary files are subject to disclosure under New Hampshire’s public records law.

Corte Suprema que los récords personales de policiales son accesibles mediante Ley de Derecho a Saber. Candidato presidencial, Doug Burgum habló con un grupo de jóvenes sobre medio ambiente.

The case involved a dispute over records about a former New Hampshire state trooper fired for misconduct.

La legislatura ordenó que el defensor de la oficina de derecho a saber es una alternativa a una demanda para personas insatisfechas con la respuesta de un organismo público a una solicitud de derechos a saber.

The Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman is meant as an alternative to a lawsuit for people dissatisfied with a public body’s response to a right-to-know request.

The two-to-two split decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court will leave a lower court order denying the request in place.

The case involves one specific public records request, but it poses a larger question: whether the public ever has a right to view internal police personnel files that document misconduct.

The wave of records requests trace recent flash points in education, from COVID-19 to critical race theory.

The hearing came in a right-to-know lawsuit filed by the ACLU of New Hampshire, which seeks the disciplinary records of former Trooper Haden Wilber.