Legislature chips away at government transparency
The Arizona Legislature has often been hostile to transparency by introducing bills to limit access to public records and carving out exceptions in sunshine laws in the name of privacy.
Yuma City Council accused of violating open meetings law
The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating nearly a dozen complaints that Yuma city officials violated open meetings law.
Senator’s bill would scale back Arizona’s open meetings law
A Republican senator is pushing legislation that would dramatically scale back the Arizona open meetings law to allow elected officials to meet in secret to propose and debate policies. The measure would only require the public be allowed into meetings if an official action is taken.