Articles written by Ellen Hiatt

Ellen Hiatt|Mar 19, 2025

Locals and newcomers alike may disagree about how much drizzle and gray skies they want in the Pacific Northwest, but when it comes how our government works, I think the great majority of us would agree that limited cloud cover is best. This is what government transparency advocates call Sunshine Week. And, unfortunately, it has been pretty cloudy on that front across the nation, in our statewide, local agencies and special districts. The state’s Public Records Act (PRA) was originally passed as a ballot initiative by voters in 1972 because p...