The Independence Institute reports that Colorado Governor Bill Ritter’s climate advisor, Alice Madden, was also on the payroll of the liberal Center for American Progress. Faced with public disclosure of this conflict, Madden has been forced to resign from CAP.

Yesterday, we highlighted the fine work being done by the Show-Me Institute to open Missouri government to the public. Today, we look at the Mackinac Center’s ongoing battle to shine a light on the hidden workings of Michigan’s government. After been given a bill of almost $7 million for a FOIA request. $6,876,303.90, to be [...]

Our colleague Aubrey Spalding at the Show-Me Institute found the state’s transparency website lacking, since it didn’t allow the public to access the data behind the spending and revenue reports it offered. So she asked for them to do better. While MAP had readily searchable tables of employee salaries, state spending, tax revenues, and tax [...]

Our friends at the Commonwealth Foundation pass along news that the city of Harrisburg is spending $200,000 on consultants to make the tough decisions for them.