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2012: Top stories from Charlevoix County
Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Charlevoix County In March, a circuit court judge ordered Charlevoix County officials to release a pair of emails previously wrongfully denied to the Petoskey News-Review under the Michigan Freedom of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Civil Rights, Local Government, Lawyers, Freedom of Information Act
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Jessamine judge denies county attorney summary judgment on open-records violation; Woods to get records
brossi@jessaminejournal.comFollowing Jessamine County Circuit Court Judge Hunter Daugherty’s recommendation, the county attorney’s office has conceded to a request by former EMS employee Andrew Wood for several documents surrounding his lawsuit and others that are...Tags: Sex Crimes, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Debate Begins Early Over Bill To Disclose State Handgun Owners' Names, Addresses
The Hartford CourantThe names and addresses of about 170,000 handgun permit holders in Connecticut, now kept confidential by law, could be made public under a proposed bill that pits gun owners against would-be reformers in the aftermath of the Dec. 14 Newtown school...Tags: Civil Rights, Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, Sacred Heart University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Gun Control
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STORY: Hampton police ran profitable cigarette business
HAMPTON — For more than a year and a half, Hampton police officers ran an undercover cigarette business. Tens of thousands of dollars at a time would change hands inside a nondescript industrial warehouse off Aberdeen Road, as the department's...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Police Investigations, New York City, Justice System
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Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Another weekend is upon us. And if you live here in the Seat of Government, it's shaping up to be a rainy one. So batten down the hatches, bust out some board games and get...... -
How to use Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law
Watchdog with Paul MuschickToday's Watchdog column highlights yet another battle for information between a citizen and her government. In this case, the citizen won, sort of, by using the state Right-to-Know Law. Here's how to use it to your advantage. Marguerite Fredericks of........ -
Student reporter and Cal State spar over public record -- and 20 cents
L.A. NOWA reporter at the Mustang Daily — the student newspaper at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo — wanted a copy of an email for a story. He filed a California Public Records Act request with the chancellor's office in Long...... -
Monday Morning Coffee: Tributes pour in for the late Arlen Specter.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., who died Sunday at age 82 from complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma is being remembered this morning as a towering figure in Pennsylvania politics. Our Washington colleague... -
CNN salutes ‘most open’ Florida as reason In Session exists
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelAshleigh Banfield and Jeffrey Toobin both saluted Florida's open records law Tuesday morning on CNN. They were discussing the case of George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Banfield said she had... -
Howard voters raised bar for petitions, but did they know it?
Those in Howard County who want to channel the power of the ballot box to challenge local government decisions are going to have to work a bit harder to do it in elections to come, thanks to the vote Tuesday on one of five county charter changes....Tags: Local Government, Voting, Local Elections, Elections, Politics
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Danville warehouse purchase questioned during City Commission meeting
smojica@amnews.comDanville officials spent much of Monday’s City Commission meeting addressing concerns about the city’s recent purchase of the old Boyle Industrial Storage Co. building and warehouse on Third Street. Danville resident Wilma Brown gave a...Tags: Auction Service, Government, Politics, Public Officials
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Newton: Fighting the good fight
The ability of Californians to scrutinize their government may rest on the outcome of a little-known case unfolding in a tiny Northern California town. It began routinely enough. Tim Crews, the pugnacious, 69-year-old editor and publisher of the...
Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, California Public Records Act, Politics
Dec 31, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
|Story| Jessamine Journal
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|Story| Hartford Courant
Sep 30, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Aug 10, 2012
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Sep 16, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
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Aug 14, 2012
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Nov 8, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Aug 28, 2012
|Story| AM News
Oct 15, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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