Public notice is transparency. Less transparency inevitably leads to distrust and trouble. In my world, this year’s public ...

Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other ...

For obvious reasons, we are big on preserving the public’s right to know and local journalism. So we’re concerned when legislation being considered on Beacon Hill threatens those values. A handful of ...

Susan Patterson Plank is executive director of the Iowa Newspaper Association, which represents 241 newspapers in all 99 counties. Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices ...