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Sunshine Week: Support local journalism

Gary Dickson

Sunshine Week is March 10-16, and this year, there’s an even greater need for you to get involved.

Sunshine Week annually celebrates freedom of information laws in every state. It also salutes efforts by good government advocates and journalists to use and ensure the effectiveness of those laws to get the information we need as self-governing citizens.

The name is a play on the commonsense words spoken more than a century ago by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, that “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Continue reading Sunshine Week: Support local journalism

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Commissioners spend majority of time In closed sessions; attempt to address increasing attendance cap for event center

Gary Dickson

The Union County Board of Commissioners met for its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Union County Courthouse in Elk Point. The meeting lasted from 8:30 to 11:13 a.m., or two hours and 43 minutes. All five commissioners and the county auditor were present.

During that time span, the commissioners went into executive session three different times. The first one was for a personnel matter and lasted 22 minutes. The second one was for a legal matter and lasted eight minutes. The third executive session was also to discuss a legal matter and it lasted 57 minutes. The total time the commissioners spent in executive sessions which are closed to the public was 65 minutes. Continue reading Commissioners spend majority of time In closed sessions; attempt to address increasing attendance cap for event center