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    Xpress calls for greater transparency in local government

    Xpress calls for greater transparen­cy in local government

    Posted on March 14, 2019March 13, 2019 by Xpress Staff

    Our community has learned a lot about the limits of open government law over the past year, as indictments of former Buncombe County employees Wanda Greene, Mandy Stone, Jon Creighton and Michael Greene revealed corruption and embezzlement concealed from both the public and the media over many years.

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    Local initiative­s provide access to public records in WNC

    Posted on March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 by Max Hunt

    Local organizations, municipal bodies and citizens groups across Western North Carolina have partnered to empower community members to play a direct hand in the management and accessibility of public records, and help create a virtual landscape where responsibility for the dissemination of these records is shared by everyone.

    6.0 K views+Community NewsLocal GovernmentNews
    Is Asheville’s government transparent?

    Is Asheville’­s government transparen­t?

    Posted on March 16, 2012April 6, 2014 by David Forbes

    Readers, we’d like to know your experience with local government transparency, especially with regards to open records.

    1.8 K views4Commentary
    Is there ever too much sunshine on government?

    Is there ever too much sunshine on government­?

    Posted on March 15, 2010April 6, 2014 by Jon Elliston

    It’s Sunshine Week — the annual celebration of freedom of public information. Around the country, journalists, researchers, authors and citizens of many stripes are celebrating our collective right to know what government at all levels does. But at the local level, how much might be too much?

    1.6 K views1Commentary

    Sunshine spotlight hits Blue Cross Blue Shield campaign contributi­ons

    Posted on March 17, 2009March 17, 2009 by Nelda Holder

    Honoring Sunshine Week and its focus on freedom of information, Democracy North Carolina has released an analysis of the campaign-finance activity of Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C., which insures some 3 million state residents and administers the flagging state employee’s health insurance plan.

    1.9 K views1Community News
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