October 5, 2001
Public Colleges and News Media Increasingly Clash Over Sunshine-Law Issues
Public-university boards in Alabama may have an aversion to sunlight.
The Auburn University Board of Trustees has violated the state's open-meetings act, or sunshine law, at least 39 times in the past three years, according to a ruling that a state circuit-court judge issued in August.
The day after the judge handed down his decision, the University of Alabama System's Board of Trustees held an unannounced meeting to discuss the potential retirements of the presidents of its
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