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State law stipulates how public records custodians can charge for requested documents and information that require staff time to assemble and/or redact if those records include confidential components.
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âIf we are going to have a bias . . . it should be that we err on the side of acknowledging that public documents are public,â Del. Danica Roem says. âAs opposed to the hassle, time and cost to government.â The idea there is if youâre going to give people carte blanche to make local government turn over documents, theyâre going to use that tool inappropriately.
New data shows Virginia police are more likely to stop and search Black drivers A police car in Richmond, Va. (Source: Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) By Ned Oliver | May 19, 2021 at 8:40 AM EDT - Updated May 19 at 8:40 AM
Black drivers in Virginia are almost two times more likely than white drivers to be pulled over by police and three times more likely to have their vehicles searched, according to data collected under the state’s new Community Policing Act.
The records offer a first-of-its-kind look at traffic enforcement in Virginia, even as the disparities they document do not come as a surprise.
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