John Cook’s Win Shows Anything’s Possible . . . For Either Party

March 16, 2009 | 4 comments

(Admin’s note: This was posted under a different heading on March 12, but because of a technical glitch, we lost it. It is re-posted here in an edited form, but with basically the same content. Sorry for any confusion.)

Early … Read more>

A Major Victory Tonight On Transparency, But Big Hurdle Tomorrow

February 2, 2009 | 1 comment

Early this evening, a broad coalition of groups, including The Family Foundation, won a unanimous victory for open government when the House Science and Technology Committee, without dissent, voted to report and refer HB 2285, patroned by Delegate … Read more>

Spending Transparency Vote Monday!

January 30, 2009 | 2 comments

One of our highest priorities this General Assembly is budget transparency —putting the state’s expenditures online in an easy to search, Google-like format (see our position here). This would allow average citizens, the media, business people, experts, academics, … Read more>