Open Book

President Abraham Lincoln characterized our government as “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” In short, he meant that the government belongs to the people. The business of government is the people’s business.

Legislative updates concerning Ohio's public records and open meetings laws. 

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office provides free Sunshine Laws Certification Training, also known as Certified Public Records Training (CPRT), in Columbus and elsewhere throughout Ohio.

Differing positions that pitted one member of an Ohio board of education against his four colleagues led to the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in White v. King, 147 Ohio St. 3d 74, 2016-Ohio-2770, 60 N.E. 3d 1234, 2016 Ohio LEXIS 1157, 2016 WL 2342968.

Recently, the Ohio Supreme Court entered its unanimous decision in the matter of State ex rel. Bratenahl v. Village of Bratenahl, 2019-Ohio-3233, 2019 Ohio LEXIS 1640, 2019 WL 3805295 (Decided Aug. 14, 2019).