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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)