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'Alligator Alcatraz' Contracts Disappeared From a Florida State Database

A state official says the contracts contained "proprietary information," so they were scrubbed and replaced with bare-bones summaries.

Reason · Jul 22, 2025

Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price

States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespread

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025

Louisiana governor accused of using public records law to intimidate EPA and ‘Cancer Alley’ community

Deep south state escalates its fight against environmental protection with ‘rare’ use of public record laws

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2024

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Locked out of local government: Residents decry increased secrecy among towns, counties, schools

A collaboration between The Associated Press and CNHI News has found it’s getting harder for the public to access information at the local government level in many states, including among school districts, townships and county boards

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

Monkey Herpes, Face Eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: How Public Records Laws Created the Florida Man

The growing anti-transparency atmosphere in the state might make the Florida Man extinct.

Reason · Dec 3, 2023

New Missouri laws could limit access to police records, public college investments

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Government transparency advocates are concerned that a pair of Missouri laws could severely limit the public’s ability to access records from law enforcement agencies and public colleges.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

States shield addresses of judges, workers after threats

More and more states are shielding the home addresses of judges and other public employees following attacks or threats made against them

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

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