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Ep 115 Mike Fancher, Washington Coalition for Open Government

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The Chino Y Chicano mark National Sunshine Week, a time to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government. But according to Mike Fancher, retired Seattle Times executive editor and currently the president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government that sunshine is lacking especially in our state legislature. The independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization released a report that is highly critical of Washington’s public agencies and state lawmakers for their lack of transparency. The Coalition argues they are making it harder for the public to access information and that is eroding the state’s Public Record’s Act.

Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/

Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go

Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017

Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education

https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/29/weakening-of-state-public-records-act-affects-your-right-to-know-every-day/
Read: https://www.futuromediagroup.org/suave-pulitzer-priz...

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The Chino Y Chicano mark National Sunshine Week, a time to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government. But according to Mike Fancher, retired Seattle Times executive editor and currently the president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government that sunshine is lacking especially in our state legislature. The independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization released a report that is highly critical of Washington’s public agencies and state lawmakers for their lack of transparency. The Coalition argues they are making it harder for the public to access information and that is eroding the state’s Public Record’s Act.

Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/

Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go

Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017

Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education

https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/29/weakening-of-state-public-records-act-affects-your-right-to-know-every-day/
Read: https://www.futuromediagroup.org/suave-pulitzer-priz...

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