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Scoop Media Group LLC and its CEO Jason Steen is challenging a practice of redacting victim names and sometimes the location of a crime from affidavits of complaints. It filed Continue Reading
State Rep. William Lamberth, R-Portland, and state Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, are pushing a bill that would require government entities to post meeting agendas on their websites, as well as Continue Reading
A bill that would allow a government entity to petition a court for an injunction against someone who was using the public records process to harass government employees failed in Continue Reading
The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission has released records about its funding of the Memphis Police Department a year after a public records lawsuit. Wendi Thomas, founder of MLK50: Justice Through Continue Reading
Hamilton County government has found a new way to prevent access to public records: get rid of them. It’s not really new. It’s the oldest trick in the book. In Continue Reading