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Community's well-being depends on open government

Summary by The Frederick News-Post

This is Sunshine Week 2025 (March 16 to 22), a time when journalists and citizen activists mark the need for government to conduct its business in open meetings, create open records and generally welcome the public to watch it function.

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Muskogee Phoenix

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OTHER VIEWS: Why small communities need local journalism

Let’s face it. Today’s information world is all about instant gratification with the hypersonic growth of digital communication, making it easy to sometimes overlook the vital role local newspapers play in keeping communities informed, engaged and connected to their government.

10 days ago

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Sun-Sentinel

Center

Dark clouds hover over Florida’s ‘Sunshine Week’

Florida’s celebration of “Sunshine Week” was meant as a tribute to the state’s landmark Government-in-the-Sunshine law, enacted in 1967 to ensure access to public meetings and records. Sunshine Week? It’s more like Sunshine Weak. Celebration has given way to frustration as yearly exemptions to public records laws await legislative passage by Democrats and Republicans alike. Florida doesn’t need that kind of bipartisan cooperation. It’s not too l…

11 days ago·Deerfield Beach, United States

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Yuma Sun

Center

Editorial: Ending need for public notices in newspapers is a bad idea

Sunshine Week is being celebrated this week, (March 12-22). The nonpartisan effort brings together groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors to “shine” a light on the importance of public records and open government.

11 days ago

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Press-Republican

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Sunshine Week: Why small communities need local journalism

11 days ago

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WBBJ TV

Center

Sunshine Week 2025: Celebrating the Freedom of Information Act

JACKSN, Tenn. — It’s Sunshine Week in the United States, which notes the importance of an open government and promotes the need for American’s access to public records. Journalists around the country celebrate the Freedom of Information Act during this time. The act is an extremely important federal law which allows the public to see how our government works. Federal agencies must disclose any information requested under the Freedom of Informati…

11 days ago

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Michigan Advance

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Standoff on FOIA reform and House transparency efforts continue as the sun sets on Sunshine Week

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall at a press conference on Jan. 23, 2025. | Kyle DavidsonFor reporters and good government advocates, the push for greater transparency in Michigan has been constant and often disappointing, as efforts to reform the state’s Freedom of Information Act have repeatedly died on the vine over the last decade. As civic organizations across the nation amplify calls for transparency and open government in celebration of S…

11 days ago

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