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SHIRLEY, YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 31, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A reporter’s fight to learn more about harassment in a small town’s police department

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, cops, Critical Mass, harassment, Mass, Massachusetts, Police, public records, Shirley, shirley police, William Galvin

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS ACCESS UNDER NEW MASS LAW

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 29, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

I’ve recently run into back-to-back critical failures that threaten the ability of requesters, be they media or private citizens, to even obtain records at all, let alone obtain them in a timely manner.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Department of Correction, FOIA, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Maya Shaffer, Police, public records access, public records law, Shirley, State House, transgender inmates, William Galvin

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