Mississipi Media Explore State’s Open Government Shortcomings

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Newspapers across Mississippi partnered with The Associated Press and Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information to present an in-depth look at public meetings and open records laws in the Magnolia State. The result was a comprehensive series of reports, sidebars, commentary and art highlighting problems in citizen access to government information and showing why the state received a failing grade in a 2007 study of state transparency laws.