Board of Regents

SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington's board of regents is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it violated the state's open meeting laws by selecting the university's president in secret. The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Washington Coalition for Open Government cites email exchanges between university officials that indicate the board picked Ana Mari Cauce

  SEATTLE (AP) — Legal experts say Washington State University's Board of Regents may have violated open-meetings law when voting on the next president of the institution. The Seattle Times reports that on Friday regents voted unanimously for "candidate C," who was later announced as Kirk Schulz, but some say identifying candidates only by letters is like using code in a public meeting.