Open meeting laws are safe for now from an interesting challenge — First Amendment free speech grounds.
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The Nevada Freedom of Information Coalition has launched its latest effort to tell the voters and taxpayers of Nevada where their representatives stand on the issue of transparency in government.
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The Nevada Freedom of Information Coalition announced that it is asking all members of the Legislature to sign a “transparency pledge” demonstrating their commitment to open government.
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Ring up “no sale.” District Judge Susan Johnson has put her foot down. The Clark Country School District can’t charge Henderson resident Karen Gray thousands of dollars to provide her with e-mails of school board members.
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President Barack Obama hit the ground running on his first full day in office, issuing two memoranda ordering government openness and an executive order removing some obstacles to accessing the records of former presidents. His memo ordering heads of agencies to make openness the default setting when responding to requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act even uses a quote I’ve leaned on a number of times over the years, the one from Justice Louis Brandeis who wrote that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
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Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — MGM Mirage’s new chief executive officer, James Murren, said he plans to “dramatically” reduce debt and will consider further casino sales as he overhauls the company’s balance sheet.
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