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Without More Accountability, Sunshine Laws Are Toothless
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVchalup / Dreamstime.com This week is Sunshine Week, an annual celebration of transparency laws,...
Growing secrecy limits government accountability
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen government officials block access to information, the public suffers. fstop123/E+ via Getty Images When I started covering crime as a reporter for...
Is the Missouri House violating transparency requirements? Appeals court will decide
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA Missouri appeals court is weighing whether a Missouri House rule allowing lawmakers to keep some...
DeSantis is squeezing the sunshine out of Florida’s public records law, critics say
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigns for the White House, government accountability watchdogs are...
Florida’s century-old Sunshine Laws under duress as DeSantis tries to redefine them
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo years ago, Orlando television reporter Mike DeForest requested some routine travel and budget...
Matlow lunches with Porter after alleging Sunshine violation involving Dailey, Richardson
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCity Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, who recently accused Mayor John Dailey of talking business out of...
Florida transparency advocates push measure to toughen public records violation penalties
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWorried that Florida's long-lauded government transparency laws are in "a state of crisis," open...
Dana Hess: After sunny start, Noem turns mostly cloudy on open government
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a warm, mid-August afternoon in 2018, a group of newspaper publishers and editors gathered at the...
NJ Democrats' assault on government transparency is dangerous — and wrong
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn March 2023, I stood up on the Assembly floor to denounce the Democrats’ so-called Elections...
What are Florida's 'Budget Turkeys?' Here's the list sent to Ron DeSantis
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBudget turkeys? More like bringing home the bacon. In its annual Budget Turkey Watch Report,...