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A-State professor breaks down Arkansas' FOIA law pertaining to public meetings

Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, has rules for notifying the public when a public entity has a meeting.

Recently, a former board member with the Craighead County-Jonesboro Public Library board filed a FOIA complaint saying a subcommittee of the board met in October without notifying the public.

To understand Arkansas' FOIA rules about meetings, KASU's Brandon Tabor spoke to Dr. Ron Sitton, Assistant Professor of Multi-Media Journalism at A-State and instructor of communications law.

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A Northeast Arkansas native from Wynne, I’ve been involved with radio for about 15 years. I got my Bachelor of Arts degree from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, where I also served as an award-winning News Director for 2 years at KSWH-LP.
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