Happy birthday, Sunshine Week. For the last 20 years, news organizations and non-profits have observed one week around March ...

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty,” wrote James Madison, the nation’s fourth ...

Donald Trump and his henchmen have set out to break the legs of American democracy by making it difficult for people he hates ...

It’s “Sunshine Week,” a time when we celebrate one of the bedrocks of American democracy: Open government. It’s timed to ...

Democracy demands open government. The people need to know what’s going on across local, state and federal governments in ...

Sunshine Week, which runs through March 22, promotes the concept of open government, specifically access to public records, ...

That was state Rep. Tom Jones’ ludicrous explanation for why his taxpayer-funded office is hosting a video lecture series ...

Wisconsin voters began casting ballots Tuesday in a state Supreme Court election that has become a proxy for the nation's ...

The founders knew their democratic experiment hinged on a well-informed public, so laws asserting accessibility and ...