After lost emails flap, public records bill passes
BY GARY FINEOUT ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s next governor and other statewide elected officials will have to preserve and make public any documents and emails they send between their...
View ArticleMake a Difference: Support the First Amendment
JOE SAUNDERS’S BLOG | Posted: March 8, 2012 7:20 PM The First Amendment Foundation has issued an email blast asking supporters to contact legislative leaders to demand passage of a Senate bill that...
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Sunshine Week: A commitment to open government
Posted: March 8, 2012 | Tags: Sunshine Week Next week is Sunshine Week, designed to bring attention to the merits and benefits of having an open government. The main sponsors of the week are the...
View ArticleHow Public Records Laws Allow the Miami Herald to Serve You
Without open meetings and accessible records, we’d all be in the dark. BY AMINDA MARQUES GONZALEZ AMARQUES@MIAMIHERALD.COM We simply couldn’t tell the stories readers count on us to report without...
View ArticleCitizen power starts with knowledge
ames Madison succinctly described the importance of an informed electorate: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. And a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power...
View ArticleOUR VIEW: Public meetings aren’t courts of law
At a recent St. Johns County Commission meeting on a land-use issue, a request was made by the project’s attorneys to cross-examine citizen speakers about their comments. Wisely, the request was not...
View Article2 Manatee board members to boycott private meetings
By Christopher O’Donnell Published: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 10:37 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 8:59 p.m. MANATEE COUNTY – An openly bitter dispute between two Manatee County School...
View ArticleSunshine Week 2012
Sunshine Week was created by journalists. But it’s not just for the press. It’s also for the public. This week, journalists around the country are participating in the national initiative to promote...
View ArticleTrash and storm clouds in Broward
OUR OPINION: During Sunshine Week, the public’s right to know is once again in peril BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL HERALDED@MIAMIHERALD.COM As Florida celebrates Sunshine Week and the importance of...
View ArticleStudy rates Florida ethics, ‘corruptibility’
Updated: Monday, 19 Mar 2012, 6:35 PM EDT Published : Monday, 19 Mar 2012, 3:44 PM EDT TAMPA – Florida received a grade of C-minus, but that was still good enough to tie for 18th best with three other...
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