Tennessee Coalition for Open Government | Nashville City Paper

Humane Society, other groups pressure Gov. Haslam to veto 'ag gag' bill

State Coalition for Open Government, Association of Broadcasters also oppose the bill More

By Andrea Zelinski

For Sunshine Week, Kent Flanagan looks at history of Tennessee Public Records Act of 1957

In 1956, TPA began ambitious campaign to make state and local gov't records and meetings more open to citizens More

Flanagan: Cutting access to public records only hurts Tennesseans

With each exception to Public Records Act, citizens are less able to monitor elected officials and fellow citizens More

Capitol Hill leaders could open more secret meetings

In the House, lawmakers aren’t so sure how wide they will extend their doors More

By Andrea Zelinski

Publishing teacher evaluation scores with names splits open government debate

'New York Times' recently sparked firestorm by posting such information in online database More

By Joey Garrison