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Court rules that Fairfield Township must hand over documents to J&C, effective immediately
Padilla, Noe. 2022. Court rules that Fairfield Township must hand over documents to J&C, effective immediately. Journal and Courier, Apr 30, 2022. (accessed April 30, 2022). LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After eight months of the Journal & Courier requesting documents...
‘Profiteering, cold-hearted’ nursing home owners should be investigated, congressman says
Fraser, Jayme, and Nick Penzenstadler. 2022. Lawmaker urges nursing home probe: Rush calls out 'profiteering, cold-hearted' owners and asks congress to act. Star Press, Apr 09, 2022. (accessed April 24, 2022). "If (REITs) own the real estate, then they should not be...
Hamilton Co. mayors’ travel, costs in 2021: Fishers spent most with Fadness’ trip to Italy
Carloni, Brittany. 2022. Hamilton co. mayors' travel, costs in 2021: Fishers spent most with fadness' trip to italy. Indianapolis Star, Mar 27, 2022. (accessed April 24, 2022). The same month Westfield Mayor Andy Cook spent $16 on parking at a west Ohio Street garage...
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Of search warrants and cell phone cameras
By DeJuan Foster and Samim Arif Have you ever used your cell phone to take a picture of a public record? Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act provides an option for members of the public to copy records on their own equipment. A team of Indiana University graduate...
Hiding behind HIPAA
By Craig Lyons Residents in St. Joseph County can dine safely knowing that no one reported a single case of food-borne illness to the county the first four months of the year. But if there had been a complaint, the public would be able to see only part of the...
Public officials’ emails are public records
One of the key battlegrounds for public access to electronic records, in Indiana and around the country, involves email accounts of public officials. Journalists have found major revelations in officials’ emails, such as alleged misconduct by former State...
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Orlando Sentinel: DeSantis tried to hide info on virus Taxpayers ended up footing the legal bills for lawsuit involving access to public record
DeSantis tried to hide info on virus taxpayers ended up footing the legal bills for lawsuit involving access to public record. 2021. Orlando Sentinel, Jan 20, 2021. (accessed January 30, 2021). Last month, the state of Florida had to fork over $7,500 of your money to...
Naples Daily News: ‘A terrible system for hiring officers’: 505 fired cops got a 2nd chance and blew it
Patel, Devan. 2021. 'A terrible system for hiring officers': 505 fired cops got a 2nd chance and blew it. Pensacola News Journal, Jan 03, 2021. (accessed January 4, 2021). Joseph Floyd turned Florida's Crestview Police Department into a criminal enterprise, the judge...
The Marshall Project: We Investigated How Police Use Dogs as Weapons. Here’s How You Can Do It Too.
We investigated how police use dogs as weapons. Here’s how you can do it too. in The Marshall Project. New York, 2020 (accessed December 29, 2020). But the use of dogs varied widely among the police departments for which we got data through public records requests;...