Last month, a Missouri state circuit judge did something nearly unheard of: She punished a public official for flouting transparency laws. State Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled that a Cole County ...

Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, left, and Rep. Priscilla Giddings speak during an education task force meeting at the Idaho Capitol. Nik Streng Idaho Education News The co-chair of the task force looking ...

OLYMPIA — Speaking at a gun-rights rally this weekend in Spokane, state Rep. Matt Shea called journalists “those dirty, godless, hateful people.” Shea, a Republican from Spokane Valley, has long had a ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A public records task force created after Washington lawmakers attempted to exempt themselves from the state’s Public Records Act is set to convene its first of four meetings.