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Government Transparency
36 entries
The throughline of the archive: Sunshine Law compliance, public spending databases, and the argument that government can't be held accountable for decisions the public can't see.
December 19, 2024
Make Local Government Great Again
December 30, 2023
The Authority of the Missouri Auditor Should Be Expanded to Enhance Local Transparency
December 27, 2023
Transparency in Municipal Government Should Be Mandatory
January 5, 2023
Reminder: Missouri's Auditor Has Power to Promote Spending Transparency
December 29, 2022
Transparency in County CARES Act Spending Underwhelms in Missouri
December 23, 2022
Sunshine Law Applies to Government Journalists, Too
July 13, 2022
Municipal Checkbook Project Returns
May 2, 2022
Privacy Is for People, Not Government
March 9, 2022
Bill Makes Government Transparency Available to All Missourians
January 11, 2022
Optimism Remains for 2022, Despite Anti-Transparency Forces
May 12, 2021
Excellent: Legislature Passes Bill Holding Local Governments Accountable
February 26, 2021
Local Government Transparency Bill Gets Resounding 149-2 Vote in the House
January 7, 2021
Unfocused St. Louis
January 4, 2021
Missouri Auditor's Office Should Require Muni Checkbook Transparency
July 2, 2020
Parma Scandal Affirms: Mandatory Muni Checkbook Transparency Needed Now
April 7, 2020
Local Government Wanting a Stimulus Check? Publish Your Checkbook
February 28, 2020
Now in the Senate, Local Transparency Initiative Moves Closer to Becoming Law
August 30, 2019
A Deep Dive into Our Transparency Lawsuit
August 28, 2019
We're Suing the State
May 14, 2019
Government Spending Records Should Be Free and Open to the Public
April 18, 2019
Springfield and Strafford Gave Us Their Checkbooks Two Years Ago. Why Didn't Battlefield?
April 9, 2019
Texas Advancing Its Own Checkbook Transparency Legislation
April 1, 2019
Municipal Checkbook Legislation Perfected in the House
February 26, 2019
The Public Interest Should Trump the Interests of City Bureaucrats-and It Shouldn't Be Close
January 3, 2019
Proposal to Make PACER Free to the Public Deserves Support
April 16, 2018
The Cost of Transparency
March 12, 2018
Greene County, Missouri, Spending 2013 to 2017
February 26, 2018
Enhanced Sunshine Law Enforcement A Good Idea
February 8, 2018
Map: Missouri State Government Spending in FY2017
February 5, 2018
Municipal Checkbook
January 31, 2018
Want to know how your taxes are spent? Good luck.
January 24, 2018
Missouri's Checkbook: 2000-2017
June 30, 2016
Legislature Should Be Recording All of Its Public Meetings
January 24, 2012
Hazelwood Responsive Documents: Emerald Automotive
September 5, 2011
Leviathan: Special Session Bill Balloons to Nearly 400 Pages
August 22, 2011
Saint Louis City Occupancy Permits (July 1-August 16, 2011)