BY JAMES L. ROSICA Tribune/Scripps Capital Bureau Published: December 26, 2014 TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature will have to balance privacy and openness in 2015 as members again have filed bills creating exemptions to the state’s public records law, still considered the nation’s best. Lawmakers so far have filed close to a dozen bills that […]
Tallahassee police release reporter’s contact information after records request – Poynter.org
by Seth Liss Published Dec. 25, 2014 12:59 pm Deadspin | Tallahassee Democrat A public records request from ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne led to the Tallahassee Police Department posting hundreds of public records online – along with her original request and cell phone number – on Christmas Eve. Lavigne requested police records for hundreds of […]
Jeb Bush e-mails offer a look at the Republican’s hands-on style as governor – The Washington Post
Correction: An earlier version of this story misattributed an e-mail written by one of Jeb Bush’s aides about judicial nominees to Bush himself. The story has been corrected. By Matea Gold, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman The new governor of Florida was feeling exhausted and beleaguered. It was after 10 o’clock at night, and […]