After all, six months have passed since the Legislature outrageously voted to exempt itself from the state’s Public Records Act. That provoked an outcry from citizens that led to a veto from the ...

OLYMPIA — A public records task force created after Washington lawmakers attempted to exempt themselves from the state Public Records Act is to convene the first of four meetings on Wednesday. The ...

Last month, a Missouri state circuit judge did something nearly unheard of: She punished a public official for flouting transparency laws. State Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled that a Cole County ...

OLYMPIA — Speaking at a gun-rights rally this weekend in Spokane, state Rep. Matt Shea called journalists “those dirty, godless, hateful people.” Shea, a Republican from Spokane Valley, has long had a ...

This story was reported by The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice news outlet. A California Department of Justice narcotics task force commander was fired for misconduct that included property ...

New Orleans police task force officers routinely stop people on a questionable legal basis, engage in unsafe practices, keep shoddy records and operate with lax supervision, according to a report ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — A task force that's been advising the Knox County Health Department on reopening commerce is subject to public review and scrutiny, and a county lawyer advised the Health ...