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Az. Senate Talks up Government Openness -- Then Gives the Press the Boot

By Hank Stephenson

Tucson Weekly | March 26, 2009

At a Sunshine Week press conference, Arizona state Senate President Bob Burns talked about all the great things the Legislature has done to make government more transparent. Then he threw the journalists who cover the Legislature out into the streets.

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Tags: Arizona State Senate, media, Sunshine Week

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