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[edit] National articles

• Add stimulus money to the budget for all school districts: Ed.gov

• Florida is finished

[edit] States

[edit] Alabama

Research links about Alabama sunshine

[edit] Alaska

Research news about Alaska sunshine

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

• FBI investigating Newton County spending, October 8, 2009

[edit] California

• Update California pages with this information: California fact sheets
• San Francisco Chronicle, "Schwarzenegger's government transparency Web site - Take 2!"
• San Jose officials face practical hurdles in disclosing public texts and e-mails on personal devices
• 3,000 retired educators take home six-figure pensions
• Public Eye: Sacramento County releases few details on fat pensions

[edit] Colorado

• Colorado City Council
• Largest Organic Factory Farm Operator Once Again Accused of Illegal Activity

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Florida

• Florida City Council
• State investigating Martin County School District
• State probes fraud allegations in Martin school operations
• Century Council Member Gets Nothing From Records Request Nine Months Ago
• Fla. city ordered to pay $750K for violating Sunshine Law

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

• IL Cook Co lobbying transparency proposed
• "Romeoville ups sales tax", September 17, 2009

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

• Kansas City Council
• Kansas School Board Member
• Two Kansas departments help union get data

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

• Louisiana School Board Member
• HANO is sued over public records request

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

• Mayor Menino’s press secretary ignores public record request
• Inquiry Looks Into E-Mail Missing From Boston City Hall
• Northampton: Shreds of Truth
• Firm’s City Hall ties raise questions
• Menino’s office acknowledges city employees routinely deleted e-mails
• Dot Joyce: Records request off the back burner
• "Our view: New Web site promotes government transparency"

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

• Minnesota City Council
• Minnesota School Board Member
• Add to Minnesota salaries article: St. Cloud Times, County studies yield salary increases for staff

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Mexico

[edit] New Jersey

• Stimulus: Op-Ed from Jeff Titte, Director of the NJ Sierra Club, "More stimulus funding transparency needed in New Jersey", September 6, 2009Sthompson 09:10, 1 October 2009 (CDT)

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Ohio

• Lakewood and RTA enter dispute over public records request

[edit] Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City Council
• Oklahoma School Board Member
• Add Superintendent salaries to all school district pages
• Stimulus: Tulsa World, "Tulsa airport among recipients of baggage system stimulus"

[edit] Oregon

Oregon transparency headlines, Oregon Public Records Law

• A smackdown over Oregon open records

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

• Add Voice for School School cost per pupil info to SC school districts.

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

Loudon school district: Article re: cameras in school board mtgs

• Hamilton County Residents Against Annexation Says Open Records Request Treated Unfairly

[edit] Texas

• Citizen Watchdog column for Monday, 9-14, by Jennifer LaFleur
• Self-Fulfilling Bureaucracy

[edit] Utah

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

Washington Public Records Act, Washington transparency headlines

• Harbor-Works' creation under review by state auditor once more
• Paper: Police spent $5.3 M from private account
• Cameras keep track of all cars entering Medina

Harbor-Works' creation under review by state auditor once more

[edit] West Virginia

• Manchin 1 of 4 govs. to get delivery of mystery computers
• W.Va. high court hears case about judge's e-mails, October 7, 2009

[edit] Wisconsin

• Manitowoc, newspaper settle open records lawsuit
• DNA of 12,000 felons missing from state registry

[edit] Wyoming