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OPINION: For Sunshine Week, consider creating an Open Government Ombudsman

by JASON MERCIER/Guest Opinion
| March 13, 2024 7:09 PM

Happy National Sunshine Week!

No, I’m not talking about the weather getting better and days getting longer but the time of year that Americans across the country celebrate the importance of open government laws to protect our right to know what public officials are doing on our behalf. One reform that we’d like to see across the mountain states in honor of Sunshine Week is the creation of an Open Government Ombudsman.

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