Open Meeting Law

(Airs 12/25/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Paul Wolf, President Emeritus of The New York Coalition for Open Government, about why they put Governor Kathy Hochul on their naughty list for the third year in a row, and much more.

WAMC this month filed a state open meeting law complaint against Great Barrington, Massachusetts after officials in the Berkshire County town attempted to restrict access to a public meeting on April 17th.

When the COVID emergency began in March of 2020, local governments had to quickly adapt. Public meetings across the Northeast migrated to Zoom as states…

In September the Burlington City Council invited protesters who had camped out, calling for police reforms, to an executive session. Two days later, the…

On September 8th the Burlington City Council invited three organizers of a weeks-long protest into their executive session. Two days later, a weekly…

Burlington City Councilors spent a substantial portion of their meeting Monday evening discussing how they should respond to a complaint claiming the city…