Supreme Court: City violated Open Meetings Act
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled in favor of The Commercial Dispatch in an Open Meetings Act case against the city of Columbus.
City to appeal Ethics Commission case
The city of Columbus will appeal a Lowndes Chancery Court decision that found city council members violated state Open Meetings Act to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Our View: A victory for open government
On Thursday, Lowndes County Chancery Judge Kenneth Burns ruled Columbus Mayor Robert Smith and the city council did, in fact, violate Mississippi’s Open Meeting Act.
Our View: City’s appeal of ruling is a continued assault on open government
On Dec. 5, 2014, the Mississippi Ethics Commission ruled the city of Columbus had violated the state’s Open Meetings Act by holding two separate non-quorum meetings the previous February where city business was discussed privately and without public notice.
City files brief in Ethics Commission appeal
A recently-filed brief by the city of Columbus claims that the Mississippi Ethics Commission overstepped its bounds when it ruled that the mayor and city council violated the state’s Open Meetings Act.
Ethics Commission dismisses 2014 complaint against Starkville aldermen
The Mississippi Ethics Commission dismissed a 2014 Open Meetings Act complaint against Starkville aldermen that alleged impropriety with an earlier school board vote.
Wiseman says city won’t fight ethics ruling
Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman said the city will not challenge a preliminary report by the Mississippi Ethics Commission that says the city violated three sections of the state Open Meetings Act.