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Arkansas

Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure to make government transparency a constitutional right

A proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that would create the right to state government transparency isn’t sufficient for the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Tuesday opinion. Griffin rejected the proposed ballot title and popular name, saying the amendment lacks clarity in its use of specific terms, including “government transparency.” […]

Arkansas

Citizen-initiated government transparency act proposal submitted to Arkansas Attorney General

Arkansas government transparency advocates proposed a ballot measure on Monday that would define a public meeting and create a special body to help citizens denied access to public records. Arkansas Citizens for Transparency submitted a proposed ballot title and popular name for the “Arkansas Government Transparency Act,” a companion to a proposed constitutional amendment submitted […]

Alaska

To keep our trust, officials must be forthcoming about ‘incident’ that paralyzed Kansas courts | #alaska | #politics

Something happened Oct. 12 that sent the Kansas courts system scrambling back to the pre-digital age of filings done on paper. Exactly what happened is a mystery. Officials are being so tight-lipped about the exact nature of the “security incident” that, five weeks later, it all seems so secret that if they told you what […]

City Council

Our View/City Council: Transparency takes hit in public-comments decision – Duluth News Tribune | #citycouncil

Duluth City Council President Janet Kennedy was careful, she said, not to consult with too many of her fellow elected officials, to avoid a quorum and to avoid any violation of Minnesota’s open meeting law. As cautious and in step with the letter of the law as Kennedy may have been in deciding last week […]

Arkansas

Food safety experts gather in Arkansas to learn, network

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — More than 200 food safety experts from near and far met in Fayetteville Sept. 26 to 28 for the 15th annual meeting of the Arkansas Association for Food Protection (AAFP). As the Arkansas chapter of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), members are tasked with conducting and sharing cutting-edge research to advance […]

City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

City Council

Hoover City Council at odds over changes in YouTube recordings | #citycouncil

For more than five years, the Hoover City Council has been recording and broadcasting its meetings on a city YouTube channel, and those meetings were available for anyone to go back and review at any time. That’s no longer the case. At some point this year, videos of previous Hoover public meetings were removed from […]

Alabama

CLC Complaint Targets Secret Donor Spending Big Money on Alabama Senate Race | #elections | #alabama

By Blair Page, a Summer 2022 CLC intern To uphold transparency, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) must robustly enforce the federal straw donor ban, which prohibits donors from funneling their campaign contributions through another person or entity to try to evade disclosure requirements. Voters have a right to know who is spending to influence their […]