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Alsobrooks saved nearly $14,000 in taxes between 2005 and 2017 on her northeast Washington property by using tax exemptions meant for the district’s primary residents, lower income residents and ...
The Washington Coalition for Open Government (COG) was formed from several political groups in June 1971 to push for public disclosure legislation. [2] The state legislature had debated laws on campaign disclosures repeatedly beginning in 1963 and passed an open meetings law in the 1971 session, but avoided addressing public records. [3]
When voters passed the Public Records Act, there were 10 exemptions. There are now more than 500. | Op-ed by Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia WA lawmakers keep undermining public records law.
Spokane fails a basic public records test 24% of the time. An audit and new hire aims to improve. Tribune. Emry Dinman, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. September 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM. Sep. 1 ...
Administrative law of the United States. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request.
Citizens of the state/commonwealth Washington Washington Public Records Act: RCW §§ 42.56.001 to 42.56.904 1972 [59] Any person West Virginia West Virginia Freedom of Information Act W.Va. Code §§ 29B-1-1 to 29B-1-7 1977 [60] Any person Wisconsin Wisconsin Open Records Law Wisconsin Statute §§ 19.21 to 19.39 1981 [61] Any person Wyoming
t. e. Initiative to the People 276 (or the Public Disclosure Act) was a law approved by the people of Washington in a vote ( plebiscite) held in 1972. The law required the state government to establish the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission in order to provide information to the public about campaign fundraising and expenditures [2 ...
In many states, state legislatures are often exempt from public-records laws that apply to state executive officials and local officials. In 2016, the Associated Press made a request for the emails and daily schedules of state legislative leaders (speakers of state Houses and presidents of state Senates) in all 50 states; a majority denied the ...