In her story on Kent State University shredding documents to prevent the public from seeing how the Presidential Search Committee selected its new president, Akron Beacon Journal reporter Carol Biliczky may have come up with the ideal way for students to improve their GPA. Thankfully, Ohio has a fairly strong public records law. Every […]
The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information presents 28th Annual Brechner Award
The Ledger (Lakeland) has been named the winner of the 28th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for its investigative series. The award-winning series highlights the difficulties reporters and citizens face when they try to exercise their fundamental constitutional right to access government information. Ralph Lowenstein, Dean Emeriti of the University of Florida’s […]
Open government watchdog asks Scott to veto “warning shot” bill – The Tampa Tribune Fresh Squeezed Blog
James L. Rosica in Tallahassee Published: April 14, 2014 | Updated: April 14, 2014 at 05:25 PM An open government watchdog is asking Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would change the state’s “stand your ground” law. The measure (HB 89) decriminalizes “warning shots” as well as the act of simply […]