Sunshine Week Commentary By Benjamin C. Bradlee Access is a mixed blessing. It gives the reporter opportunities to delve deeper and deeper in search of truth, and it gives those who are accessed opportunities to manipulate that truth, a little or a lot or beyond all recognition. Many reporters feel[Read More…]
Day: March 12, 2007
National Sunshine Week Launches: Is the Government Secretive?
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– eNews Park Forest joins the National Newspaper Association in celebrating Sunshine Week 2007, March 11-17. Tonda Rush, NNA public policy director, encourages support of Sunshine Week, "Keeping government open and accountable is the highest calling of a newspaper, and Sunshine Week provides an opportunity to refresh the[Read More…]
Police Report – March 12, 2007
Photo: Morguefile.com Editor's Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Fighting religious discrimination: Bush administration’s quiet campaign
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center Here's one of the best-kept secrets about the Bush presidency: Over the past five years, the U.S. Department of Justice has quietly, but vigorously, enforced civil rights laws designed to protect religious freedom. Now Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wants to get the[Read More…]
Two Candidates’ Forums Remain
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest has held four candidates' forums for those running for the office of Village President (Mayor), Village Trustee, and Library Trustee. The last, held yesterday, March 11, in Park Forest Village Hall, was sponsored by Park Forest FOCUS. Park[Read More…]
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