The Municipal League’s Attack on the Freedom of Information Act
Here we go again. The Arkansas Municipal League has put out a series of proposals to gut the Freedom of
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Greater Criminal Records Transparency About To Become Law
Transparency advocates won a big victory today when the state Senate passed Rep. Richard Womack’s HB 1727.
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The Lessons Of Sunshine Week
Happy Sunshine Week!
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Bill Aims To Handcuff Retaliatory Bureaucrats
Open government advocates should be pleased that a bill by State Rep. Nate Bell cleared a major hurdle today.
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Increased ADC Transparency Possible In 2015
Now comes another proposal — this one from state Sen. David Sanders — which would shine some much-needed light on the state’s inmate system.
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Arkansas Needs More Accountability for Executive Sessions
A story in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette shows the need for more accountability in government bodies’ executive sessions, which are currently exempt from public scrutiny under Arkansas’s FOIA.
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Bowen Faculty: LEAP Over The Constitution
You might recall that Bowen Law School Dean Michael Schwartz told us that the law school’s affirmative action plan, LEAP,
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Dustin McDaniel vs. FOIA: Regrettably, FOIA Loses
My children will be adolescents in a few years; occasionally, when I recall the way I behaved towards my parents
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