Recent Sunshine Law News

Vanover wins Sunshine Law trial

TWO PUBLIC OFFICIALS REMOVED FROM OFFICE A trial over a Sunshine Law violation resulted in the removal of two... Read More → Vanover wins Sunshine Law trial

Following a Missouri judge’s determination that the attorney general’s office “knowingly and... Read More → Sunshine Law violations by AG’s office under Josh Hawley could cost Missouri $300K

A Cole County judge has ruled that a rule implemented by the Missouri House in 2019 allowing lawmakers to... Read More → Judge says Missouri House rule limiting access to public records is constitutional

Over the course of two nights in early December, Gov. Mike Parson hosted a holiday gala for individuals and... Read More → Donor privacy law being used by Missouri agencies to conceal public records

The fall of 2023 will be the 50th anniversary of the legislative birth of Missouri’s Sunshine Law that... Read More → Capitol Perspectives: The 50th Anniversary of Missouri’s Sunshine Law

Providing open access to public business and public records should be the default approach of public... Read More → Our view: What will it take to keep public records open?

Phelps County Circuit Judge John Beger ruled that the city of Edgar Springs, Missouri, violated the Sunshine... Read More → Missouri Town Must Pay $600 Attorney Fees for Banning Resident From City Hall

A judge ruled on Monday that the Missouri Attorney General’s Office “knowingly and purposefully” broke... Read More → Under Josh Hawley, Missouri Attorney General’s office broke transparency laws on purpose

Before MAGA Republican Josh Hawley became a U.S. senator, he was Missouri’s state attorney general. Hawley... Read More → Missouri AG’s office fined $12000 for Sunshine Law violation under Josh Hawley

An Edgar Springs woman won a partial victory Tuesday in her long-running dispute with her city when a judge... Read More → ‘Not a new or novel policy’: Judge rules Missouri town cannot ban woman seeking records