"Layne, a reporter for WTVR-TV in Richmond, has used FOIA to inform and bolster his coverage of several high-profile stories in Richmond," The Virginia Coalition for Open Government said.
Violating the public trust usually backfires — especially in Richmond, which has no shortage of engaged citizens, a still-functional local media and a two-term mayor in the midst of an
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For Sunshine Week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock compile the year's worst and most ridiculous responses to public records requests and other attempts to thwart public access to information, including through increasing attempts to gut the laws guaranteeing this access and we issue these agencies and officials tongue-in-cheek "awards" for their failures.
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — The Raleigh County Emergency Housing Center has a history of providing shelter to those with no other place to go, from veterans, to families, to the unemployed. Shelter operators told 59News people from as far away as Washington state come to Beckley and end up in situations in which they need […]