Fridays With Larry July 31, 2026

Indiana's Public Access Counselor is taking nearly eight months to issue advisory opinions and siding with government agencies two-thirds of the time, according to an Indianapolis Star analysis. Host Larry Lannan traces the seven-decade history of Indiana's public access laws, then talks with Zachary Baiel, president of the Indiana Coalition for Open Government, about transparency at the local level, the 2024 law that reshaped the counselor's office, and ICOG's public access hotline: 260-ASK-ICOG (260-275-4264), indianacog.org. Plus: New York Times reporting on the global build-out of AI computing power, and the New York school district that paused its AI classroom robot. More local news at larryinfishers.com. Sponsored by Citizens State Bank, member FDIC, equal housing lender — mycsb-in.com/larry.