secrecy
Worries over secrecy grow as state officials shield records from the public
Just weeks after lawmakers in Little Rock passed legislation shielding certain state records from public disclosure, opponents launched an effort to amend the Arkansas Constitution to protect access to government documents. “The coalition that’s coming together on this is about as broadly bipartisan as you could get — from the extreme, extreme right to the […]
NC GOP lawmakers betray a surprising lack of confidence
North Carolina Republican legislators have rarely, if ever, been in a stronger position. Their leaders — Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore — have a combined 23 terms of legislative experience and political chits upon which to draw, millions of dollars in campaign cash and dark money at their disposal, […]
BREAKING: Cooper vetoes two more lame duck session bills
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed two more bills passed during the General Assembly’s lame duck session that sought to package highly controversial law changes with other noncontroversial and even essential legislation. The first, which was explained earlier this week by Policy Watch reporter Melissa Boughton, would dramatically increase the secrecy of state Board of Elections […]
Cooper should stick to his guns on latest GOP election law scam
As Melissa Boughton reported yesterday in the post immediately below, Gov. Roy Cooper has told the General Assembly to fix the election law bill they sent to him last week to remove a provision that would add a new level of secrecy to Board of Elections investigations. Legislative Republicans — particularly Sen. Phil Berger — […]