Sunshine Week: Access v. Transparency
By Barbara A. Petersen First Amendment Foundation Curious about how our government spends taxpayers’ money? Have you ever tried to figure it out? The process is anything but streamlined to help you...
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By Ed Hall, The Baker County Press By Andy Marlette, Pensacola News Journal
View ArticleSunshine Week: Local Governments Complying With Public Records Laws
By Jennifer Kay Associated Press A statewide test that requested information from local governments showed that most are complying with Florida’s public records law, a major improvement over past years...
View ArticleRedaction Causes Delays in Accessing Court Files
(Photo: Stock.xchng.) By Mark Schneider Associated Press It seems like a reasonable idea: before the records in a criminal or civil case can be made public, Florida’s clerks of court must purge them of...
View ArticlePublic Money in Private Ventures? We Taxpayers Want to Look at the Books
State Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, D-Miami, calls for greater transparency of Florida’s economic development incentives. (Photo courtesy of José Javier Rodríguez.) By José Javier Rodríguez “It will...
View ArticleSunshine Week: Access v. Transparency
By Barbara A. Petersen First Amendment Foundation Curious about how our government spends taxpayers’ money? Have you ever tried to figure it out? The process is anything but streamlined to help you...
View ArticleSunshine Week: Editorial Cartoons
By Ed Hall, The Baker County Press By Andy Marlette, Pensacola News Journal
View ArticleSunshine Week: Local Governments Complying With Public Records Laws
By Jennifer Kay Associated Press A statewide test that requested information from local governments showed that most are complying with Florida’s public records law, a major improvement over past years...
View ArticleRedaction Causes Delays in Accessing Court Files
(Photo: Stock.xchng.) By Mark Schneider Associated Press It seems like a reasonable idea: before the records in a criminal or civil case can be made public, Florida’s clerks of court must purge them of...
View ArticlePublic Money in Private Ventures? We Taxpayers Want to Look at the Books
State Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, D-Miami, calls for greater transparency of Florida’s economic development incentives. (Photo courtesy of José Javier Rodríguez.) By José Javier Rodríguez “It will...
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