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Daniel Walters graphic/InvestigateWestAcross the Northwest and the country, citizens are facing longer wait times, steep fees and other obstacles to obtaining government records the law says they deserve. -
Dave Killen/staff LC- The OregonianLC- The OregonianThe city of Portland has filed a lawsuit against a local journalist and news outlet in an attempt to block the public release of information about which businesses were required to pay into a voter-approved climate program, records show.
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A bipartisan bill would create a state ombudsperson to intervene when public records requests are denied. But an advocacy group is concerned that it will encourage state agencies to go to court. -
Senate Bill 500 delegates authority to hire and fire the records advocate to the Public Records Advisory Council, authorizes council to support and oppose legislation related to open records. -
Oregon prides itself on being an open-government state, with public information easily obtained by the public. Journalists can and will tell you that the鈥� -
Sunshine Week sounds like something related to the arrival of spring, but it's really the other kind of sunshine: that kind that shines on the work of鈥� -
People may talk in ominous terms of "the government," but the government does the business of the people. So there's a general sense that the workings of鈥�
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"Transparency" is the term often used to describe a government in which the workings are visible and open to the public. Which is how things are supposed鈥�
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Sunshine Week leads us straight into spring, but it's really not about the sun shining in the sky. Sunshine Week celebrates openness in government--the鈥� -
Let the sun shine! Sunshine Week celebrates the public's right to know the business of government... and observes the uneven delivery of the goods by鈥� -
Sunshine Week is observed by news organizations, mostly; organizations celebrating public access to public information. Humboldt County put its own spin鈥� -
Let the sun shine in. And in this case, we refer to the sun metaphorically. This is "Sunshine Week" across the country, the week journalists and other鈥�
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Let the sun shine! This week is Sunshine Week across the country, a chance to observe and celebrate the laws and efforts that keep much of the workings of鈥� -
How best to teach budding journalists the uses of public records laws? Request public records. That's what student media advisor Kate Willson did at鈥�
