Sunlight Act News Today

Its National Sunshine Week, a time to reflect on a simple but profound ethic: We the people deserve to know how our government is behaving on our behalf. No matter

Wednesday’s deadline showed how much interest (or lack thereof) lawmakers have in making certain changes. But not much else.

With a popular referendum initiative granting the state auditor access to the workings of the Legislature a certainty to land on the November ballot, a few principled – and brave – members of that legislative body have taken steps to police themselves. Though still in its formative stage, advocates for more government transparency say they’re […]

While the bill has a long path ahead of it, advocates for more government transparency are encouraged that a House-Senate committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to a bill

BOSTON — While the bill has a long path ahead of it, advocates for more government transparency are encouraged that a House-Senate committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to a bill whose sponsors say it will bring needed “sunlight” to the legislative process and subject the governor’s office to the public records law. The Joint […]