Now, there are two major court rulings this week in Kentucky.

Kentucky appeals court says personal cell phones can be subject to open records requests.

And 2021, the Kentucky Open Government Coalition tried to get copies of messages between the Fish and Wildlife Commission and some state lawmakers.

The appeals court said personal messages should be subject to public scrutiny when the messages, quote, relate to or concern commission business.

Otherwise, as the court said, public officials might deliberately use their personal phones in order to avoid scrutiny.

And the other case, the Kentucky Supreme Court, voting 6 to 1, blocked Senate Bill 126, which allowed defendants to request a change of venue for cases challenging state laws.

The case began when Attorney General Daniel Cameron tried to get a case involving gray machines moved out of Franklin Circuit Court.

Supporters say the bill allows lawyers to move cases when they think a judge is biased.

Chief Justice Lawrence Van Meter wrote There are already ways to deal with biased judges.