"[T]he Department submitted credible evidence that threats, doxxing, and other forms of harassment have been directed toward law enforcement charged with enforcing existing federal immigration laws."
High-level state officials launched a threat investigation over a harmless postcard to Florida's chief financial officer.
How Trump rebranded the war on drugs as a fight against illegal immigration
Here are the sketchy tactics California’s public health agency is using to convince towns and cities to ban tobacco sales.
State health officials scouted towns, scripted hearings, recruited teen witnesses, and celebrated each ban as a "win."
Police often call their profession a brotherhood, but two Palm Beach sheriff's deputies took the analogy too far.
Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict.
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the New York State Police have been fighting for years over misconduct records that the state legislature made public in 2020.
The prosecution, the latest example of local attempts to criminalize news reporting, is blatantly at odds with First Amendment principles.
The Ocala Gazette says the footage contradicts the Marion County sheriff's claims about Scott Whitley's death. A judge won't let the paper publish the video.
DeSantis' chief of staff used a personal phone to coordinate migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard. Now DeSantis' lawyers say those phone logs should be secret.
It often takes almost a year or more to get public records from the federal government. Here are some things you can do while you wait.
A bill backed by the Conference of Mayors would let courts issue restraining orders when people “harass” officials with information requests.
A New Jersey government watchdog said Street Cop Training instructors glorified violence, made discriminatory remarks, and offered unprofessional and unconstitutional advice to officers.
An AP survey found that most states have no mechanism to appeal denials of records requests, outside of filing a lawsuit.
His lawyers assert presidential immunity and discretion, criticize an "unconstitutionally vague" statute, and question the special counsel's legal status.
The bills would classify police and correctional officers who kill people on the job as crime victims.
The growing anti-transparency atmosphere in the state might make the Florida Man extinct.
The growing anti-transparency atmosphere in the state might make the Florida Man extinct.
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"Is there any way to stop this from happening tomorrow?" Ron DeSantis' former chief of staff asked about a Christmas-themed drag show on tour in Florida.
The former president suggests he was not obliged to obey a subpoena seeking classified records.
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Multiple administrations have allowed senior officials to use alias email accounts. The practice undermines the Freedom of Information Act and encourages secrecy.
Massachusetts reformed its notoriously bad public records laws in 2020, but reporters are still fighting to get the police misconduct files they're legally entitled to.
The recorded comments could be relevant to a charge that the former president willfully mishandled national defense information.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
It's been nearly three years since New York repealed its police secrecy law, and departments are still fighting to hide misconduct records.
Even if you despise the media, you should be rooting for better public record laws.
Montgomery doesn’t want people to see a police dog maul a man to death out of fear of the response.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
Irvington made national headlines last year when it filed a lawsuit against an 82-year-old woman for filing too many public records requests. Now it says a lawyer for FIRE should be prosecuted.
Texas law allows police to withhold records of suspects who were never convicted. Police abuse it to hide records from families, reporters, and lawyers investigating deaths in custody.
Joe Biden just declassified another batch, but the government is still keeping some under wraps.
Now the officer is trying to keep his identity secret under a state law intended to protect crime victims.
"[T]he District wants to be able to use government resources to collect and utilize these e-mail addresses to promote and advance the particular 'community outreach' issues and positions of District (government) leaders while denying others in the community the opportunity to utilize the e-mail addresses to share differing viewpoints."
What kind of a showing of possible "harassment" or "reprisals" must backers of such ballot measures make to keep petition signatures (and financial contributions) from becoming public records?
A lawsuit attempts to find out how federal agents are implementing Wickr, a communications service that has an auto-erase function.
Irvington Township says it's being bullied by 82-year-old Elouise McDaniel and is asking a court to block her from filing public records requests.
Poorly written “Marsy’s Law” may keep citizens from knowing which officers are using deadly force on the job.
The PACER database is antiquated and expensive to access, and that's just the way the federal judiciary likes it.
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