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  • Litigating Your Right to Know

    Montana Transparency Project|Aug 15, 2024

    In our prior columns, we’ve written about your fundamental Right to Know and how it provides all Montanans with an important way to interact with our state and local governments: You have a Right to Know how your government makes decisions, spends money, and conducts its business, and you can get that information by simply asking the most relevant state or local agency (and we’d love to help you do so!). Much of the time, Montanans can make requests and receive information with no personal cost. But as hinted in our last column about the dan...

  • Why does our Right to Know matter?

    Montana Transparency Project|Aug 1, 2024

    In our previous column, we introduced the Right to Know and the Montana Transparency Project, our nonprofit organization that champions, amplifies and educates Montanans about this crucial right. Today, let's delve deeper into the special nature of the Right to Know as enshrined in the Montana Constitution. We have a special Right to Know in Montana that deserves all Montanans’ special attention. We should use this important liberty to appreciate how lucky we are here, and to bring to life the participatory spirit that this right and other r...