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Nebraska Attorney General: Officials’ Texts Are Public Record

cellphoneOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office says that public officials’ text messages regarding public business are subject to the state’s open record laws.

But Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert on Friday said she doesn’t yet know whether she’ll comply with the opinion from the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office that said she should produce her text messages.

The newspaper asked the state’s top legal office in April to clarify the status and public’s access to officials’ texts involving government business. That request came after the city of Omaha denied the newspaper’s request for texts Stothert sent to City Council members and department heads.

Opinions issued by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office are advisory and not legally binding.

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