Category Archives: Pennsylvania open records

Check out these stories about what West York did with bids for police service after it made its decision.

Pennsylvania state lawmakers send what are called co-sponsorship memos to each other, seeking support for legislation they plan to propose. Those memos are now available online.

A Hanover resident writes about Hanover’s budgeting process, saying that the borough manager wouldn’t tell council members how much administrative staff will get in raises for next year, and so council members — who have to approve the budget — are in the dark about numbers they should know.

Anyone who cares about open government and public records owes Ernest Schreiber a tip of the cap. He retired today. From the lancasteronline.com story: As a board member and president of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors, he helped coordinate … Continue reading →

Gov. Ed Rendell said today that “the public right to information overshadows other concerns” as he vetoed a bill under which the public would lose access to information from county coroners. If the bill were law, coroners would be required … Continue reading →

The national conversation over teacher pay is no stranger to York County.  In the past few months, several school districts have negotiated contracts with their teachers that call for increases in the pay scales. In a bad economy, some people … Continue reading →

You can check out documents in a whole new way beginning today at ydr.com. For some time we’ve compiled original documents used in our reporting in the Full Disclosure page’s “reading room.” We’ll still do that. But the documents there … Continue reading →

Steve Stetler, the leaders of his defense fund say, wanted the fund to be transparent, says a solicitation letter.  But there’s a but.  ”At Steve’s insistence,” the letter reads, “and in the interests of openness and transparency, this fund will … Continue reading →