Sunshine Week runs from March 12 to 18, 2017. Many thanks to all the ONA member papers who published news and opinion pieces about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Below is a partial listing of open government articles and editorials published in Ohio newspapers during Sunshine Week.
Articles
- What information Ohio citizens can access (Times Recorder)
- Dozens of area public agencies cited for open records violations (Dayton Daily News)
- 11 investigations that show why public records are so important (Dayton Daily News)
- Ohio State trustees frequently use exemptions to open-meetings law (Columbus Dispatch)
- Updated ‘Yellow Book’ of Ohio Sunshine Laws now online (Columbus Dispatch)
- New appeals process prying loose records for public (Columbus Dispatch)
- New appeals process prying loose records for public (Columbus Dispatch)
- Cleveland is target of more public records complaints than any other public entity in Ohio (Plain Dealer)
- 357 Ohio governments violated public records law in 2016, auditor says (Plain Dealer)
- What happened to slain 5-year-old Ashley Zhao? Stark County joins Medina, Pike in blocking access to coroner reports (Beacon Journal)
- Blue Ash loses records lawsuit on employee evaluations (The Enquirer)
Editorials and columns
- Dave Yost: The solid news reporting that's helped bring sunshine to Ohio governance (Plain Dealer)
- Sunshine Week reminder to Cleveland - public records belong to the public (Plain Dealer)
- Let more sun shine on all levels of government (The Vindicator)
- Open government (The Courier)
- Theodore Decker: Public-records delays seem part of Ohio State’s protection of brand (Columbus Dispatch)
- Sunshine is the best disinfectant (Columbus Dispatch)
- 400+ citations issued for public records problems (The Enquirer)
- Todd Porter: Wilmot mayor does about face on public records (Canton Repository)
- It’s Sunshine Week; pull back the curtains (Canton Repository)
- Letting the sun shine (Star Beacon)
- David Trinko: Sunshine laws protect your rights (The Lima News)
- Miami U's Associated Student Government unlawful in barring The Student (The Miami Student)