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It’s Sunshine Week, at a time when sunlight is needed more than ever.
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It’s Sunshine Week, at a time when sunlight is needed more than ever.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 16, 2025

It was not from the Supreme Court bench but in a Harper’s Weekly article in 1913 that Justice Louis Brandeis wrote the now-famous line, “sunli…

The Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency.
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The Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency.

  • By Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Beryl Lipton, Michael Morisy, Dillon Bergin and Kelly Kauffman
  • Mar 13, 2025

 “All government data should be default public for maximum transparency.”…

Celebrating a decade of Foilies awards – a look back at 10 years of obstruction.
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Celebrating a decade of Foilies awards – a look back at 10 years of obstruction.

  • By Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Beryl Lipton, Michael Morisy, Dillon Bergin and Kelly Kauffman
  • Mar 13, 2025

One thing that hasn’t is the steady flow of attempts by authorities to avoid their legal and ethical obligations to be open and accountable…

One Pacific Grove councilmember is taking a wrecking ball to City Hall.
Local Spin | Opinion

One Pacific Grove councilmember is taking a wrecking ball to City Hall.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 28, 2023

Before he won a seat on the Pacific Grove City Council in 2020, Luke Coletti was a close observer of city government and an exacting critic. H…

This Election Day, democracy is at stake. Every vote matters.
Local Spin | Opinion

This Election Day, democracy is at stake. Every vote matters.

  • Bradley Zeve
  • Oct 13, 2022

The Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington, D.C. was a dagger aimed at the heart of our democracy. On that sad day, a group of angry extremists engag…

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