State law now requires school boards to take public comment – but that doesn’t mean the rules are the same in every school district. The new law, which went into effect on July 1, says a school board ...

The Gilbert Town Council may change how long residents can address them, in the name of decorum. Public speakers would get less time to address their leaders if there is a big crowd. Other provisions ...

FARGO — City leaders have been wrestling with governance policies, including how to discipline a rogue commissioner and eliminating, limiting or otherwise altering public comment during regularly ...

Opportunities for public comment at local government meetings are expanding this month, thanks to new rules the Washington Legislature passed this year. Lawmakers added to the state’s Open Public ...

On Tuesday, Sen. Sharon Carson introduced legislation to mandate 30-minute public comment periods at the start of local school board meetings. CONCORD – A bill was heard Tuesday by the Senate ...

Sometimes it's loud, such as when a California man screamed that Maricopa County's supervisors were a "cancer" after the November 2022 election. Occasionally, it's long — at one Arizona Corporation ...

Vancouver city councilors will reinstate time for open public comment during their meetings. During 2025, the council limited public communications. For items on the agenda but without a public ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — A plan to make Ohio’s ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Feb. 28 but has since been updated with additional industry group statements and other commentary. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department’s rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the public’s ...