3/27/16 – TH Media Editorial Board It was fitting, even if it was only coincidental, that it occurred during Sunshine Week, an observance celebrating and advocating transparency in government, that the Iowa Supreme Court struck a blow against government secrecy. The court ruled that, despite their intentional, calculated and even convoluted steps to secretly reorganize […]
Lawmakers should clarify open meetings law – The Des Moines Register
3/21/16 – By Kathie Obradovich The Iowa Supreme Court celebrated Sunshine Week by reaffirming that public business must be conducted in public. At the same time, the divided court’s ruling in a Warren County case may have left some government officials with a cloudier view of what constitutes a public meeting. The Iowa Supreme Court, […]
