It was so ho-hummed and matter-of-factly reported that few would sense its importance when reading it.

The district attorney's office found that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors had clearly - and rather flagrantly -- violated the state's open meetings law when it met with Democratic Gov. Jerry...

Kudos are due to AP National Writer Martha Mendoza and the team of reporters and correspondents who helped piece together what may be the most comprehensive report ever on freedom of information laws around the world.

Across the globe, there are more people living in countries where citizens supposedly...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Michael Morton walked out of a Texas prison with much to be thankful for:
Great appellate lawyers and the Innocence Project. The probative, scientific certainty of DNA. A justice system which, despite humongous flaws, will own up and admit mistakes, at least when faced with indisputable...

I do not know who wrote the contemporary fable about "Heidi's Bar," being spread through email blasts and Facebook postings. It wasn't me. I am neither clever enough, nor well enough versed in matters of market shenanigans and international finance to have created the wonderful, illustrative tale.

A friend in...

It is well under the radar, but another important open government case may be making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

If the justices of the Court decide to take it, the case will center on whether records that were indisputably public during court proceedings can be withheld...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Heading into "Sunshine Week," many open government advocates across the country feel they have much more to bemoan than they have to celebrate.
Even if no court or attorney general ever chastises Wisconsin's Republican legislators for violating open meetings law notice requirements, the convoluted web of...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The way political gossip had it at the time, former President Lyndon Johnson pulled strings, twisted arms or called in favors to have Barbara Jordan, the new Congresswoman from Texas, seated on the House Judiciary Committee.

Whatever the truth of that rumor or the juice LBJ had...