A rare win on the public records front in Mass
Broken Records
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
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
BROKEN RECORDS: HOW TO EXPOSE BAD GOVERNMENT IN 2017
For the first time in decades, the Commonwealth has a new public records law. Here’s what you need to know…
BROKEN RECORDS: KAFKACHUSETTS
Mass AG shows just how useless public info laws are, but change is possible
THREAT LEVEL: HYPOTHETICAL
It was a standard public information request … until the state set up a maze to block one intrepid reporter’s access to records
BROKEN RECORDS: BEATING TRANSPARENCY
The MBTA doesn’t want you to know how much it spends concealing evidence of police brutality
BROKEN RECORDS: APPEALS NONSENSE
Drafting these regulations was an opportunity to clarify vague and troubling language, but Galvin’s office has failed to address several issues left by state lawmakers.
BROKEN RECORDS: REFER MADNESS
Top Dems make a show of pretending they might enforce the public records law
BROKEN RECORDS: THE GALL OF GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth shames independents (but should instead be ashamed of himself)
BROKEN RECORDS: CAPELESS, AND USELESS
Enforcement of the Massachusetts records law will never happen under Galvin and Healey