Opinion: Bulletin! Public records are public's!

Even as many politicians in Harrisburg attempt to turn back the clock by limiting the public's hard-won access to public records, Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds Evie Rafalko McNulty has exactly the right idea.
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Lackawanna Co. Record of Deeds looking to upgrade online records access

The Lackawanna County recorder of deeds office wants to make all of its documents available on the Web at no charge to the public. The county is seeking proposals for a new integrated recorder of deeds record-management system that would let users locate and download - for free - deeds, mortgages and related documents dating back to 1878. Read More...

SWB Yankees appeals ruling to Supreme Court

The management company for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees has appealed to the state Supreme Court a ruling that ordered it to make public its records on concessions. SWB Yankees LLC wants the state's highest court to overturn a Commonwealth Court ruling that found the Right to Know Law applies to a company contracted to manage the publicly owned baseball team. Read More...

County court employee e-mails exempt from Right to Know Law

A decision by the Commonwealth Court to make e-mails of employees of court offices exempt from the Right to Know Law is broad in the eyes of open records experts and the state Office of Open Records - but they say it shouldn't stop people from making requests. Read More...

Yankees file brief in court fight with The Times-Tribune over concessionaire bid records

The management group for the Lackawanna County-owned Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees argues a judge erred in a case that will decide whether concessionaire bids for the baseball team and stadium are public records. Read More...

Ruling: County must make prison receipts public

Lackawanna County must obtain and provide to The Times-Tribune any receipts and invoices related to the cost of medical care at Lackawanna County Prison between November 2004 and November 2009, the state Office of Open Records has ruled. Read More...

Ruling: County must make prison receipts public

Lackawanna County must obtain and provide to The Times-Tribune any receipts and invoices related to the cost of medical care at Lackawanna County Prison between November 2004 and November 2009, the state Office of Open Records has ruled. Read More...