In recent weeks at the state Capitol, Arizona’s House Republicans decided that holding closed-door meetings was okay, especially when so-called personal issues needed to be discussed.
And Governor Doug Ducey’s administration got rid of a visitor sign-in log outside of his 9th-floor office, though that has since been rescinded.
So what’s going on? Do Arizona’s elected officials think they have more to hide? Arizona Republic Capitol reporter Mary Jo Pitzl explained.
We also talked to Emily Shaw to see how Arizona’s open government laws compare to other states? Shaw is the national policy manager for the Sunlight Foundation in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit, nonpartisan group focused on increasing public access to government information.
