06/07/18 – By Emily Brindley ANDOVER — Complaints that led to Selectman Jay Linddy being fired from his town jobs were prompted by his display of a lewd apron in Town Hall, documents released by the town Wednesday show. (Read More)

06/07/18 – By Christine Stuart HARTFORD, CT — Good government advocates continued this week to criticize legislative leaders for ending the practice of transcribing public hearings, but at least two legislative leaders have defended it. (Read More)

06/07/18 – By Michele Jacklin and Jeffrey Daniels Continuing their effort to draw the shade over the window of government accountability and transparency, General Assembly leaders have abandoned the longstanding practice of routinely transcribing the testimony presented at hundreds of public hearings held during legislative sessions. (Read More)

06/06/18 – By Paul Hughes HARTFORD — Open government advocates are criticizing General Assembly leaders for saving $100,000 a year in the state budget by ending the long-standing practice of transcribing committee hearings. The Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information is urging top Democratic and Republican lawmakers to reverse the decision along with state Freedom […]

Join us on Thursday, June 7 for “The First Amendment Works for You” with David Fink and Mitchell Pearlman Unlike any other revolutionaries in history, America’s Founding Fathers didn’t keep the power to themselves; they enshrined our Liberties in the Bill of Rights. On Thursday, June 7, join former journalist David Fink and international advocate […]

05/31/18 – By Matthew Zabierek Revealing the tax incentives offered in the state’s failed bid for Amazon’s second headquarters would put Connecticut at a competitive disadvantage, officials with the Department of Economic and Community Development argued during a Freedom of Information Commission hearing this week (Read More)

Naomi Kostman, a junior at Greenwich High School, has won the first prize of $1,000 in this year’s Connecticut Foundation for Open Government high school essay contest. Read More

03/23/18 – By Christopher Peak Prompted by city lawyers, the New Haven Police Department turned over a copy of its new two-page hiring guidelines — with almost every line about drug use whited out. [Read More]

03/23/18 – By Steven Goode Two Blue Hills Fire District commissioners appeared before the state Freedom of Information Commission Friday to respond to a complaint filed against them last October. [Read More]

03/21/18 – By Leigh Tauss MERIDEN — The Board of Ethics is asking the City Council to create a bi-partisan ad hoc committee to consider revising the city’s Code of Ethics. [Read More]