Here’s a shocker!
The City of St. Louis is hosting four events for #SunshineWeek

Meet & Greet with the Custodians of Records on 3/18 & 19. 🤝

#SunshineLaw Virtual Bingo on 3/20.

The Jeopardy/Sunshine Law Edition is for City Depts only. 👀
Hardly in the spirit of transparency.
More like #OpacitySTL

Starting now!
10:49 a.m.
SLDC board meeting.
Citations for closed session point to a personnel matter. Not all #SunshineLaw sections listed on agenda were referenced.
“we’ll see you on the other side” #ZoomGov

Will the board vote to select a new President/CEO?

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Credit where credit is due — SLMPD took just one day to fulfill my annual request for a list of last year's homicide victims. They usually handle it quickly each year.

St. Louis County PD, on the other hand, has historically taken far longer to fulfill the same records requests.

#sunshinelaw

Residents push back after council shortens comment time and a mayor’s photo of a records request draws scrutiny At a packed Orange City Council meeting, residents criticized a late agenda, a reduction in public-comment time and alleged that the mayor photographed a public-records request placed online; council members defended decorum while promising to review procedures.

Orange City residents are raising their voices against new council rules that threaten public participation and transparency—will their concerns be heard?

Learn more here!

#FL #SunshineLaw #PublicRecords #CivicEngagement #CitizenPortal

Muddy River News obtains video at the heart of city council impeachment in Louisiana, Mo. – Muddy River News Council member Heather Wernowsky faces an impeachment hearing on January 8 after Police Chief Josh Baker said she violated city code LOUISIANA, Mo.–Under the Sunshine Law request, Muddy River News obt...

muddyrivernews.com/uncategorize... #LouisanaMO #SunshineLaw #impeachment

Miami Dade College’s $67M land transfer for Trump’s presidential library is blocked by a Judge as a Sunshine Law lawsuit threatens to void the deal and ignite political fallout

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#Trump #Miami #Judge #Lawsuit #SunshineLaw #TrumpLibrary #MiamiDadeCollege #News #noticias

As promised, Your Florida is following up on more Sunshine Law information.

Here’s how you can make a public records request and what makes a meeting public.

✍️|🎥: Meghan Bowman

Have a question? Let me know - leave a comment, email bowman4@wusf.org or message me.

#sunshinelaw
@wusf.org

Is the City Counselor's office conducting a #SunshineLaw training in the "closed working session" of the #CherokeeCID?

Inmate dies at state prison at Licking An autopsy will be performed, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Missouri Prison Reform continues to call for greater oversight, transparency, and accountability in response to deaths occurring in correctional facilities across the state.
Read more from the Houston Herald: houstonherald.com/2025/03/inma...

#Missouri #moleg #prison #corrections #SunshineLaw

We have obtained autopsy reports that reveal disturbing patterns of all time high in-custody deaths, policy documents that expose critical gaps in care, and lists of those who have died—names that might otherwise be forgotten.
#sunshinelaw #FOIA

Top DeSantis staff spoke with group pushing state park golf course earlier than known Newly released public records show high-ranking staff scheduled a call in February 2023.

@floridiangonerogue.bsky.social was right! This fool cannot govern!!

#SunshineLaw
#SupportLocalJournalism

www.tampabay.com/news/environ...

This screenshot of a footnote from a court filing discusses the fonts and line-spacing used in the filing, and whether they comply with state and federal guidelines.

When typography and the judicial system collide.
www.courts.mo.gov/fv/c/Amended...

#court #courts #lawsuit #sunshinelaw #stl #stlouis #justice #typography #fonts

Capitol Perspectives: The 50th anniversary of Missouri's Sunshine Law • Missouri Independent 2023 will be the 50th anniversary of Missouri's Sunshine Law that provides the public with rights to government documents and meetings.

Capitol Perspectives from Phill Brooks: The fall of 2023 will be the 50th anniversary of Missouri’s #SunshineLaw that provides the public with sweeping rights to documents, voting records and meetings of state and local governments. #moleg #mogov

missouriindependent.com/2022/12/29/cap…

FL lawmakers promote secrecy, while citizens remain in the dark • Florida Phoenix Some Florida legislators want more privacy.  They’d like to live secretly, in houses where no one can find them. Yes, as dumb as this sounds, this has become an actual bill in the Florida Legislature. The Senate sponsor is Republican Kelli Stargel, who represents parts of Lake and Polk counties. She already lives at a […]

Seriously, public officials who are entrusted with making the laws that govern our lives and collect taxes from us should learn to live with Florida’s Government in the Sunshine laws. #Florida #FLLegislature #SunshineLaw

floridaphoenix.com/2020/02/25/fl-…