The Iowa Freedom of Information Council, with valuable help from the Iowa Code Editor’s Office, is making available a summary of changes made to Iowa’s “sunshine” laws during the 2017 session of the Legislature. The summary document is available here: Chapter22.2017.Changes … Continue Reading
By Rox Laird For those interested in the history, meaning and evolution of the Iowa Constitution, the Oxford University Press has just the thing: The Iowa State Constitution, a new book by University of Iowa law professor Todd E. Pettys. … Continue Reading
Zack Kucharski, executive editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, becomes the 2018 president of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council today. He succeeds Lynn Hicks, the opinion editor of The Des Moines Register. Keith Bliven, news director of KTIV-TV in … Continue Reading
The author is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. He can be reached at IowaFOICouncil@gmail.com. By Randy Evans One of the nastiest controversies in local government in Iowa in many years was the impeachment in May of … Continue Reading
The Iowa Freedom of Information Council, in cooperation with RAYGUN LLC, one of our members, are offering for sale two custom-designed styles of T-shirts. One style — “Art of the Free Press” — honors Art Cullen, editor of the Storm … Continue Reading
Did you miss the program “The Art (Cullen) of Editorial Writing” on June 16 with Pulitzer Prize-winners Art Cullen and Michael Gartner? Or do you want to relive the informative and entertaining event? Click on this video link here to … Continue Reading
The Iowa Freedom of Information Council will host a fundraising program on Friday, June 16, that will feature Art Cullen, the editor of the Storm Lake Times, who won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Art’s selection was the … Continue Reading
The following editorial appeared in The Des Moines Register on April 4, 2017. Most of us rarely feel the need to call 911 and summon the police, the fire department or an ambulance crew. But when we do, it’s typically … Continue Reading
The 2017 session of the Iowa Legislature has been focused more on government secrecy than any session in many years. Lawmakers have been moving to make Iowa’s casinos subject to less public scrutiny. Lawmakers are moving to cut off public access to … Continue Reading
By Jason Clayworth Des Moines Register Iowa would make the names of public volunteers confidential under a fast-moving bill that critics warn could protect pedophiles and other criminals who are found working for government and public institutions in nonpaying positions, … Continue Reading