02/23/16 – By Joel Engelhardt Until Friday, Palm Beach Gardens, a city that prides itself on transparency, stood out as the largest city in Palm Beach County that didn’t post campaign treasury reports on its website. That changed after The Palm Beach Post began asking. On Friday morning, the city posted the reports that seven […]
Editorial: A Florida lesson in protecting free speech – Tampa Bay Times
A bizarre West Palm Beach murder trial has underscored the fundamental importance of freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial. The saga involves public records, a notorious jailhouse snitch and a judge who disregarded the First Amendment by muzzling a newspaper. An appeals court set things right Tuesday, but this tale […]
Appellate court quashes ruling for Post to remove text of jail calls from jail snitch story -Palm Beach Post
By Daphne Duret An appellate court Tuesday dismissed a judge’s decision last month ordering The Palm Beach Post to remove from a story and transcripts of recorded calls from a jailhouse informant from the newspaper’s website. Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal released the decision just after Circuit Judge Jack Cox held a brief hearing with […]
