What is the definition of transparency? Of course, transparency means that something can be seen through. When we talk about transparency in government, we mean that citizens must be able to "see ...

For some reason, the state’s Open Meeting Law may qualify as the least understood among the state’s statutes, even for the elected municipal and other local boards bound by its language. Designed to ...

Anne Arundel County’s Board of Education violated the Open Meetings Law at its Sept. 17 meeting, according to the law’s compliance board. The school board said it was recessing but effectively went ...

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education violated open meetings law by communicating improperly with its attorney about school redistricting, a compliance board ruled Tuesday. Families affected by ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A statewide task force of local officials and news media representatives will be asking lawmakers to strengthen some of South Dakota’s open-meeting laws. The task force members ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The number of open meeting law complaints and violations reported to the attorney general’s office in 2025 rose above 2024 levels and many more complaints were sent to public bodies ...