01/25/16 – By Mary Ellen Klas

When allegations surfaced last year accusing the inspector general at the Florida Department of Correction’s of covering up wrongdoing at the agency, the head of a Tallahassee-based government watchdog group wanted to learn more.

But when Ben Wilcox, Integrity Florida research director, submitted a public records request to get an electronic copy of all the inspector general reports for the agency going back to 2012, he was hit with a giant obstacle: a bill for $62,000. [Read More]