Transparency News
Our free daily email alert will keep you up to date with right-to-know, transparency, First Amendment and related issues in Virginia and around the country. The alert goes out 5 mornings a week and provides links to news stories, articles and commentaries, as well as updates on open government issues at the General Assembly or interim study commissions.
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Transparency News, 8/6/25
data center database; hate stats; outdoor meeting
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Transparency News, 8/5/25
FOIA improvements?; her side; text messages; trade secrets?
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Transparency News, 8/4/25
Chesapeake’s legal bills; surprised?; travel scandal apathy?; FOIA Files
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Transparency News, 8/1/25
FOIA Friday; grand jury transcript; quoting Tupac and singing
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Transparency News, 7/31/25
teacher, not school board member; water pollution & the mayor; preserve local media
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Transparency News, 7/30/25
a public SERVICE announcement; employee survey; Ryan’s contract
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Transparency News, 7/29/25
Yondr pouch; unsealed transcripts?; emails about resignation
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Transparency News, 7/28/25
travel policy; federal PAC loophole; speaker cadence; McKinley/Denali
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Transparency News, 7/25/25
campaign finance filings; database access; NY misconduct names
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Transparency News, 7/24/25
arrests in Purcellville; a raise AND admin leave?; report on reports
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Transparency News, 7/23/25
paid to support; SLAPPed for speaking; chamber renovations
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Transparency News, 7/22/25
erosion of limits; lots of non-verbal communication; retreat scheduling
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Transparency News, 7/21/25
court records contrdict?; 3-year backlog; Wu-Tang Clan album
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Transparency News, 7/18/25
limitations of the audit law; sealed settlement; private messages
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Transparency News, 7/17/25
public discussion of severance?; pockets of secrecy; NFOIC grant; text messages
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Transparency News, 7/16/25
don’t leave the dais; ombudsman workload; campaign investigation; UConn error
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Transparency News, 7/15/25
“policy” lifted; book removals; embarrassing email?
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Transparency News, 7/14/25
was it council’s direction?won’t say who; historical records
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Transparency News, 7/10/25
records previously known as public; DOC; Alligator Alcatraz
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Transparency News, 7/9/25
not live streamed; no answer; database access
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Transparency News, 7/8/25
meeting recordings; prying loose records in Norfolk; Hopewell lawsuit
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Transparency News, 7/7/25
can’t even say it exists?; drop the case?; FOIA produces letters on TikTok
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Transparency News, 7/3/25
canceled meeting; lawsuit response; suing CNN?; dueling 1984s
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Transparency News, 7/2/25
severance; finance campaign audits; gas cards; DOJ letters
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Transparency News, 7/1/25
treat us like adults; failure to meet deadlines; partial retreat?