Transparency

The sun shines more brightly in St. Louis and Olmsted counties than in any of the seven counties in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, according to a recently completed nationwide evaluation of county Web sites by a group that advocates for transparency in government.

Sunshine Week, as we noted yesterday, is an annual event led by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and conceived to promote knowledge and use of open-records laws. Several newspaper editorials from across the state have weighed in and made the call for more openness and transparency at all levels of government. While all call [...]