Courts have held that the First Amendment protects the right to record public officials (such as police officers) on public streets and sidewalks. But the same might not apply to public meetings in ...

TRENTON – Two bills (S1451 and S1452) aimed at increasing government transparency were released from the State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee meeting on Monday ...

Port Commissions and other governing bodies subject to Washington’s Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) have new guidance from the Washington Attorney General on conducting public meetings. Agencies must ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A lawsuit has been filed against most of Jefferson Healthcare’s board of commissioners as well as its CEO, Mike Glenn, for allegedly violating the Open Public Meetings Act. The suit ...

With the governor considering whether to sign a bill that backers controversially claim “modernizes” OPRA, is it time to actually modernize OPMA? That’s the Open Public Meetings Act — OPRA’s less sexy ...