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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:41 AM

Some California colleges won't reveal football budgets

The exact amount of public funding for community college football in California is unknown because the state doesn't specifically keep track of it. In March, The San Diego Union-Tribune sent California Public Records Act requests seeking basic football
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:29 AM

Freedom of Information; It's personal

Bob Silbernagel, editorial page editor of the Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colo., writes about how many in the public view FOI as a battle between government and the media. But, he argues, "everyone has a stake in it."Daily Sentinel
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:22 AM

Candidates for Deleware's A.G. debate FOIA

Republican Ferris Wharton and Democrat Beau Biden said they have differences in how they would approach Deleware's Freedom of Information Act, which guarantees public access to government meetings and records. The Attorney General's Office is
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:17 AM

Pennsylvania considers beefing up lobbyist disclosure laws

Patriot-News columnist Dale Davenport writes about how the Pennsylvania Legislature is meeting to consider enacting a lobbyist disclosure law. Pennsylvania is the only state without some lobbyist reporting law."Legislators must report what they receive
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