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Secrecy is too often the norm in Pennsylvania state and local governments

By Christopher Baxter Our state and local governments exist to serve our communities. We pay our taxes each year, and in return, we the taxpayers have a right to know what our government is doing, how it’s spending our money, and whether we’re getting the services we deserve. But there are fewer and fewer journalists […]

Secrecy Is Too Often the Norm in Pennsylvania State and Local Governments

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Judge orders release of COVID reports

A Davidson County judge on Wednesday ordered the governor’s office and the Tennessee Department of Human Resources to release COVID-19 reports it received in 2020 as part of a no-bid

Network of Lawyers Helps US Journalists Fight for Access

The call from a deputy district attorney unnerved Hanna Merzbach. The freelance journalist from the city of Bend, in the western U.S. state of Oregon, ha

Network of Lawyers Helps US Journalists Fight for Access