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  • Sunshine Act Abuse Should not be Tolerated

    WILLIAM M. COTTER, President and CEO Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association|Jun 29, 2023

    Citizens should know what issues their school boards, borough councils and other government agencies plan to deliberate and/or vote on at public meetings. Call this commonsense requirement what it is: the law in Pennsylvania. Since 2021 the Sunshine Act, or state open-meetings law, requires that a government agency make its meeting agenda available at least 24 hours in advance of a public meeting. The agency must post the agenda on its publicly accessible internet website, if it has one, as well as at the agency office and at the location of...