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Organizers say state officials have stretched their powers by stonewalling proposed ballot measures on abortion, voting rights, and government transparency. By Camille Squires for Ohio Capital Journal This article was originally published by Bolts....
by Ohio Capital Journal
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 10:47 AM PST
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On Monday, Comcast sent notices out saying that hackers had obtained access to the personal data of almost 36 million of its customers. According to Comcast, the “suspicious activity” took place between Oct. 16 and Oct. 19, wasn’t noticed by the big...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 11:43 AM PST
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On Thursday, December 14th, the Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board decided to rescind its policy (passed unanimously 5-0 by the same board in January) of rotating board Presidents ...
by Roadrunner65
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 07:00 AM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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Congratulations to GA State Representative Mary Margaret Oliver for receiving the Georgia First Amendment Foundation Weltner Award, in recognition of her efforts to promote government transparency and accountability. Oliver represents district 82...
by AChris
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on Sun Oct 08, 2023 at 09:49 AM PDT
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You can have small, low cost, government that doesn’t ding the wallet, but you can’t ask a low cost government to take on the responsibilities of being a globe-spanning power, a Make America Great Again nation, but on the cheap. Anyone that tells you...
by citixen
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on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 04:20 AM PDT
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Another day, another reason to distrust the U.S. Supreme Court’s ability to rule fairly. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is known to have concealed decades of lavish trips paid for by a ...
by Erin Tulley
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on Wed Apr 12, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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I will not celebrate Sunshine Week 2023. Since leaving the Kentucky Attorney General's Office in 2016, I have pursued open government as an avocation rather than a vocation. I have come to understand the importance of Sunshine Week as an annual...
by ForwardKY
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on Sat Mar 11, 2023 at 11:17 AM PST
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I have been a registered user at Daily Kos, since the second day you could be one. For twenty years now, come October. I have seen Daily Kos slowly change, over the years, from a casual upstart blog, to a large established online publication. I learned...
by Garrett
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on Wed Feb 01, 2023 at 12:50 PM PST
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by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Aug 26, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Gaetz' Pardon Plea DENIED; NEW Endorsements for Rebekah Fort Walton Beach, Florida — Rebekah Jones gained another major endorsement this week when Florida College Democrats pledged their support for her campaign! FCD joins Florida Young Democrats,...
by GeoRebekah
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on Thu Jun 23, 2022 at 07:32 PM PDT
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BREAKING: Florida Auditor General Confirms Charges by Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Against FL-DOH Gross mismanagement of COVID-19 data, including “inaccurate,” “Incomplete,” and “delayed” reporting, put millions of Floridians at risk and undermined...
by GeoRebekah
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on Thu Jun 09, 2022 at 08:57 PM PDT
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On Sunday March 13th, 2022 at around 6:05 PM, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) fatally shot a Hispanic man in Palmdale, CA. They do not say that he was armed. According to an updated press release from the department,...
by VPSReports
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on Mon Mar 14, 2022 at 01:50 PM PDT
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White House visitor logs were made an open public record by a someone who was genuinely concerned about improving transparency and “draining the swamp” of D.C. lobbying: President Barack Obama. Those records quickly became a source for both the media...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Feb 16, 2022 at 07:43 AM PST
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Corruption is currently soaring in Australia under the right-wing government of professing Pentecostal Christian Scott Morrison. Transparency International released its annual corruption report on Wednesday which gives Australia the lowest score and...
by Alan Austin
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on Thu Jan 27, 2022 at 12:46 PM PST
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When the Florida Public Services Commission (a board appointed by Ron Desantis) approved a $1.3 billion price increase over two years for their customers, they promised a mere $15 increase for customers starting in January 2022. However, what’s...
by GeoRebekah
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on Tue Jan 25, 2022 at 02:44 PM PST
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As my colleague Laura Clawson wrote about Monday, the “next wave of attacks on public education” will be using the term “ transparency .” The trick here is to take away the power of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Jan 17, 2022 at 09:00 AM PST
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LAPD's tragic fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect and a 14-year-old bystander at Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood has grabbed national headlines, shaking the nation. While responding to an assault at the store, LAPD rushed into a store that...
by VPSReports
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on Wed Dec 29, 2021 at 12:35 AM PST
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If you’re interested in California redistricting and transparency, please read and share this freelance opinion piece published in the Sacramento Bee on July 14, 2021. Below is an excerpt. California redistricting board must stop meeting privately to...
by LKosMember
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on Thu Aug 19, 2021 at 06:00 PM PDT
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CNBC posted this headline fifteen minutes ago here Trump tax returns must be released by IRS to Congress, DOJ says DOJ has ruled the Congressional request was for “a legitimate legislative purpose” This responds to the opinion of courts that Congress...
by tjlord
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on Fri Jul 30, 2021 at 10:28 AM PDT
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