Newspapers are a great tool for teaching and learning about the value of public records.

Practical public records in action!

Jeanene Harlick of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reviewed local government and non-profit records to find that when it comes to $4.3 million in annual county grants, "financially floundering agencies are routinely given more public money. There is minimal follow-up with agencies that fail to turn in yearly audits."
· Weapons of Mass Democracy [SantaCruz viaScoop]

Across southeast Michigan, taxpayers are being shut out of meetings and denied access to public records as officials thwart citizen efforts to learn what government is doing on their behalf -- with their money.
· Taxpayers [ Freep]
· Public Data [Indigan ]