A fight over closed court proceedings

Transparency has been in the news a lot this year in Kentucky.

Most recently, it appears there is a battle brewing in western Kentucky about the issue of closed trials. A newspaper (The Paducah Sun) is arguing that the trial regarding a dorm fire in 1998 at Murray State University cannot be a closed trial as there are very specific guidelines for what allows the doors to be closed on proceedings.

The Bluegrass Beacon runs in The Paducah Sun and has featured the issue of transparency many times.