Corporate secrecy out of place in Montana

Montanans hold sacred our right of informed participation in government decisions. This right is now enshrined in our Montana Constitution, one of several provisions intended to help us avoid repeating our history of needless human suffering and environmental degradation that occurred when large out-of-state corporations operated unrestrained by regulatory oversight of government agencies. We learned the hard way that sunlight is the best antiseptic.

At the federal level, there are similar mechanisms in place intended to provide for meaningful citizen participation, aided by the Freedom of Inf...