... people to the cause of literacy. One of the unexpected blessings is the support we have received from our local public officials. We don't need or want public money, but we do want and need their support. Our state representatives, state ...

... officials, at any level, using taxpayer money. The people who take junkets (a junket is "A pleasure trip taken by a public official with all expenses paid from public funds,") are totally irresponsible. What my cookie jar budget idea would accomplish ...

... Freedom of Information Act, the law that compels public officials to disclose most of what they are doing in our name and with our tax dollars.Most public officials who deal with records know the law fairly well and ...

... evidence. The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination does not prevent the government from compelling a public official to answer questions. At that hearing, Moten denied wrongdoing, saying that her superior, Barbara Marsac, had ...

... courage, and I thank you." Blagojevich is the state's first governor to face an impeachment trial and the first public official since a circuit judge in 1833 was impeached but acquitted. The Senate's trial is scheduled to start Jan. 26 ...

... elected, appointed and hired public officials: feel free to takes notes ... actually. Public records, kept by public officials, are open to the public. Period ... ancestors founded this state, and public officials today would do well to ...

... National Preservation Awards are awarded annually. Winners in the past have ranged from craftsmen to volunteers to public officials and educators. Nominations for all awards must be postmarked by March 2. Download the nomination form at http ...

... distribute at will," McDaniel's letter said. "Such a law will convert Arkansas to an open-records state as to public officials." Also Friday, the House approved a bill by Rep. Randy Stewart, D-Kirby, that would allow the governor to ...

... International Toy Fair in New York. In 1964, the Supreme Court, in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, ruled that public officials who charged they'd been libeled by news reports could not recover damages unless they proved actual malice on the ...

... commissioners and their immediate families from accepting gifts of any value from vendors. The legislation also bans public officials from knowingly owning a financial interest in a lottery vendor, and would require them to divest any investments ...