This Sunshine Week, Florida reflects an alarming national trend of blocking the public’s access to information

A lack of transparency at both the federal and state level is making it increasingly difficult for journalists and citizens to hold government to account.

By: David Cuillier, University of Florida, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: March 10, 2026

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Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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By David Cuillier, University of Florida

By all measures, the ability to see what the government is up to in the United States has plummeted to new depths since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

For National Sunshine Week in 2025, I wrote about secrecy creep, the adoption of federal secrecy protections implemented by state and local authorities. In Florida and throughout the United States, this threatens the public’s right to be …

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