American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to policies and laws that make some governmental records and other information available to a person who can demonstrate a right or need to know the contents.
“The passage in California of a right-to-know law in March 2008 enabled the Sacramento Bee to publish state worker salaries on its web site.”
“This is my right-to-know under the Constitution and I want it NOW.”
“Among the steps: comparing chemicals actually released by Houston refineries to the pollution estimates those companies are required to disclose under public right-to-know laws.”
“The defenders of privacy clashed with the legions of the right-to-know.”
“The public's right-to-know scored a victory this week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally released the list of the 44 coal ash sites deemed "high hazard.”
“The piece is voiced in terms of public service and right-to-know, but this is a dangerous and slippery slope.”
“The First Amendment protects both free speech and the public's right-to-know.”
“When you give MLB, the most legally unfettered business entity in the free world, the ability to also control an ever-increasing amount of its coverage by its owned media, is the public's right-to-know being served?”
“They hide behind the phrase “people have a ‘right-to-know’”, ignoring the harm they might cause.”
“California's state attorney general and environmental groups used the state's "right-to-know" law to pressure restaurants and a few grocery stores to post advisories warning customers of mercury hazards in certain fish.”
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