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Topics covered:

  • Access to state public records is “deteriorating terribly”
  • Strategies to stem the tide of exemptions
  • New Jersey’s Supreme Court weighing whether prosecutors’ group is a public agency
  • Texts about public business on Kentucky officials’ cell phones are public record
  • Michigan transparency lawsuit prevails after three-year battle
  • Connecticut appeals court rules against Bridgeport
  • Judge rules in favor of Washington state ‘‘legislative privilege’’
  • New Jersey legislators target Open Public Records Act
  • Aspects of Virginia FOIA law make it hard to get information
  • FERPA a “weak argument” to keep contracts secret
  • Governor and AG push back in ‘‘executive privilege’’ fight over records ruling
  • DeSantis administration settles lawsuit over concealing COVID data
  • Political falling out exposes flaws in secret searches
  • Columbus, Ohio, police deny records request, claiming Marsy’s Law
  • Iowa City police restrict access to previously available details
  • After initial denial, EPA grants expedited FOIA about Ohio train derailment
  • MuckRock and POGO archive portions of defunct FOIAonline
  • Cameroonian Fulbright Scholar developing legislation for press rights and access to information
  • First Student Freedom of Information Awards presented