Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder agreed to resign from his elected position. As WFLA reports, the resignation is part of a legal settlement with a government consultant over access to public records. The consultant, Steve Michielini, sued Dingfelder last October, claiming the councilman violated the Public Records Act and used his wife’s email account to […]

The Nassau County Attorney will resign after a State Attorney’s Office investigation found he violated the public records law. The Florida Times-Union reports that the State Attorney’s Office found evidence that Michael Mullin failed to preserve public records, failed to timely respond to records requests, and allowed the deletion of text messages constituting public records. […]

Congratulations to First Amendment Foundation board member Carol Marbin Miller and her Miami Herald colleague, Daniel Chang, for being honored with a George Polk award for their “Birth & Betrayal” series. Their reporting exposed the failures and inequities of the Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA). Reporters analyzed NICA records, attended board meetings and administrative […]