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The following editorial appeared in The (Sunbury) Daily Item, a CNHI newspaper. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat.

For the first time in my career, I’m going to write a column about Sunshine Week during Sunshine Week.

Bills making FOIA apply to lawmakers, governor, get second hearing

THE ISSUE

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

When people hear about the threats of government secrecy, they’re probably thinking about statewide politicians taking big gobs of money from political contributors and secretly trading legislation and influence to

California has commissioned an exhaustive study of whether its prisons provide a constitutional level of mental health care, which it could use to try to end one of the lawsuits that have federal courts overseeing the state’s prisons. But corrections officials won’t disclose even basic details of the consultants’ contract, including its cost to taxpayers.

California commissioned an exhaustive study of prison mental health care but is keeping basic details a secret.

This week is Sunshine Week in America, a time to reflect on the importance of open government to our democracy and the critical role of the press to inform the

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital.