I'd been reading about several giant corporate backers of a private nationwide organization - ALEC - which has been steadily writing ...

Each year thousands of new bills get submitted to the state and federal legislatures, with little to slow their apparently infinite growt...

Rep. Glen Casada I can't quite believe I have to write this post, reminding our elected officials that secret government meetings a...

Nationwide - and here in Tennessee - we've been watched and we are going to be watched even more in coming years, with a near-constant o...

A new fee schedule means a sliding scale will be used to charge you to view and/or copy public records, thanks to a decision from the state....

A couple of headlines today claim the Voice of the Public was heeded regarding charging fees to access public records in Tennessee -- sounds...

The state is creating a whole new fee system for anyone who seeks access to public records, and even though the public can offer comments on...

A staggering endorsement of secrecy and influence peddling got the green light this week in upper East Tennessee government. Existing Open ...

In a surprisingly candid moment, an elected county commissoner in Dyer County spoke about how the county government has been operating : ...

Despite intentions of some in the state's government, proposed changes in the laws on doing business in public remain snarled and confus...