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BROKEN RECORDS: COLD CASE, COLDER SHOULDER

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted May 23, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News

Why won’t the Worcester DA release a 66-year-old murder file?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News Tagged With: Alje Savela, andrew quemere, Barre, Brokem Records, Craig Shibley, George Heroux, Joseph Crescio, Massachusetts, state police, Supervisor of Records Shawn Williams, Worcester District Attorney

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted January 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The animal rights group PETA is set to argue an important case that will determine the limits of the so-called public safety exemption to the public records law

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, andrew quemere, Beacon Hill, Broken Records, Charles River Laboratories, Commonwealth, exemption, Harvard Medical School, Laura Rotolo, Massachusetts, PETA, public information, public records, public safety exemption, SJC, Supreme Judicial Court

BROKEN RECORDS: KAFKACHUSETTS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted December 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized

Mass AG shows just how useless public info laws are, but change is possible

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized Tagged With: andrew quemere, attorney general, Beacon Hill, Boston Herald, Broken Records, FOIA, Massachusetts, Matt Stout, Maura Healey, MBTA, public information, State House, Sunshine, T, transparency, William Galvin

LOCAL PROHIBITION IS STILL PROHIBITION

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted December 8, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Group representing Mass municipalities wants local politicians to have the power to ban pot shops

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: andrew quemere, Bay State, Billerica, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, Geoffrey Beckwith, legalization, Marijuana, Mass Municipal Association, Massachusetts, MMA, pot, West Bridgewater

QUINCY LIES: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS GARISHLY FLOUT MASS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted March 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

They repeated these falsehoods to Kane-McGunigle, us, the Boston Globe, and to Galvin’s office.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: andrew quemere, Broken Records, FOIA, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, public information, public records, Quincy, William Galvin

FOIA-BLES: CRITICAL MASS RECORDS REFORM BILL TAKES TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If the best parts of the Senate bill survive and the worst provisions in the House bill are scrapped, then the Massachusetts public records law might become a little bit less broken.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: andrew quemere, bay state examiner, bill, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Broken Records, FOIA, House Senate, lawmakers, legislature, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, public records, Sunshine, transparency

THE SECRETARY OF SECRECY: A NEW COLUMN ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS REFORM IN MASS, AND JUST IN TIME

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

There are a few possible solutions. One would be giving Galvin’s office more power to enforce the law. Another would be to streamline the process by eliminating Galvin’s role entirely and having the AG’s office handle the process from start to finish.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, andrew quemere, attorney general, bay state examiner, Boston Globe, Broken Records, FOIA, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Maya Shaffer, public information, public records, Secretary of Commonwealth, Secretary of State, Todd Wallack, William Galvin

SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 5, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Andover, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boxford, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dracut, FOIA, freedom of information, Gloucester, Haverhill, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, Lowell, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, militarized police, Nahant, NEMLEC, New England. Lynn. Lynnfield, Newburyport, newton, North Shore, records, Rowley, Salem, Secretary of State, SOMERVILLE, Swampscott, SWAT, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Washington Post, Weston, Wilmington

AUTHOR Q&A: JESSE WALKER AND ‘THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA’

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted May 27, 2015 Filed Under: A+E

"I think there's a lot of unanswered questions about the Malcolm X assassination."

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: andrew quemere, author interviews, Boston Marathon Bombing, chemtrails, conspiracy theories, Jesse Walker, malcolm x, Manning Marable, Oklahoma City, paranoia, United States of paranoia

YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Meet the crusaders battling for everyone’s right to record cops in the commonwealth…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU of Massachusetts, ademo freeman, amherst, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, blarney blowout, Boston, BPD, carlos miller, Cop Block, copblock, Fall River, Ferguson, Film the Police, Franklin County, jesus arocho, marv, Massachusetts, miami, Motorhome Diaries, New Hampshire, pete eyre, PINAC, Police, police brutality, recording, recording cops, recording police, scott p. livingstone, Simon Glik, south carolina, Springfield, tyrisha greene

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