As Florida newspapers call attention to laws that guarantee access to public records and government meetings, lawmakers are considering dozens of bills to block information now available to citizens. ...more

March 15, 2009

Attorney General Bill McCollum has sent the Northwest Florida State College trustees a letter saying it is illegal to advertise government meetings in one town but hold it in another town far away - something the college did when holding a meeting that's linked to the controversy over House Speaker Ray Sansom. ...more

January 28, 2009

Because of Thanksgiving, there were no government meetings last week. ...more

December 2, 2008

Florida's proposal to acquire 300 square miles of Everglades land from U.S. Sugar Corp. was illegally brokered in closed-door meetings, an attorney claimed in a lawsuit filed Friday. ...more

August 2, 2008

South Carolina's lieutenant governor announced Thursday that he is willing to put up $4,000 of his own money so his state can become the first in the nation to issue "I Believe" license plates with the image of a cross and a stained glass window. ...more

June 13, 2008

The Pasco County government cable TV channel has dramatically expanded its local programming on Bright House channel 622. Two new showcases, "Pasco 360" and "Profiles on Pasco," were among recent additions to help people connect faces with county departments. ...more

February 16, 2008

Boisterous people are often told to sit down or risk ejection from local meetings, but now, with the shooting deaths of five government workers during a meeting in Missouri, some Tampa Bay area officials are checking whether that's enough. ...more

February 9, 2008

TAMPA - Local government meetings can get contentious, and occasionally boisterous people are told to sit down or risk ejection. But never, at least around here, has anyone done what a disgruntled person did in Missouri on Thursday night. ...more

February 8, 2008

For more than a year, the debate about whether to build a landfill in northeast Pasco County has been filled with familiar campaign tools: bumper stickers, petitions, residents speaking up at government meetings. ...more

February 2, 2008

With the dawn of a new year, it's important to get off on the right foot, to start with a clean slate and become that better person we've always hoped to be. ...more

January 1, 2008