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HB 461 would allow local and parish governments to keep plans related to economic development confidential.

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David Wagenhauser announces candidacy for NY-24: "Washington needs leaders who will step up and lead" Cayuga County

Four months before the start of the primary debates, an extraordinary action is expected to be taken to silence the top Republican presidential candidate. According to reports, the legal team

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Journalists across the nation are sounding the alarm bells about this case. this is the new indictment against julian assange. he was previously charged in april with one count of conspiracy for allegedly helping army intelligence professionals leak top secret information in 2010. this week, trumps justice department charged assange with an additional 17 counts under the espionage act. that is a significant change. it is why top editors of the new york times and washington post and elsewhere are...

Questions whether that was related to a probe into leaks of the details of a foiled terror plot last year. joining me is constitutional first amendment attorney, floyd abrams, author of "friend of the court" on the front lines with the first amendment. welcome to you. ive got to say, this whole transparency thing with the president is crumbling, isnt it, because first of all -- lets go back two weeks. the whole guantanamo bay issue rumbles on, a place he said he would shut down but didnt. then w...

When president obama first took office he pledged to make transparency a hallmark of his white house. listen to what he said in january of 2009, just one day into his first term. >> i want to make government accountable, make it transparent so that the american people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how theyre being made, and whether their interests are being well served. let me say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency...

and now, this is the man who allegedly strapped that thing in place in hopes of prying money out her parents. paul doug peters, age 51, an australian finance executive. paul doug peters arrested yesterday outside of louisville, kentucky, by a local fbi swat team in connect with the case that has gripped australia for nearly two weeks. let me take you back to august 3rd. this was the scene in a wealthy enclave outside of sidney where this sl-year-old spent a heldish ten hours. she was f...