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William Galvin

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

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

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GROW

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted December 13, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Get those seeds in the ground right away, Mass

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: cannabis, Charlie Baker, homegrow, homegrown, Marijuana, Massachusetts, question 4, William Galvin

TALK TO THE HAND (BECAUSE BILL GALVIN AIN’T LISTENIN’)

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 10, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Secretary holds sham hearing on records access

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, FOIA, public records, Secretary of the Commonwealth, transparency, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: APPEALS NONSENSE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted September 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Broken Records, Commonwealth, house, Mass Municipal Association, Massachusetts, MMA, public records, public records reform, Secretary of State, senate, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: REFER MADNESS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted September 7, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Top Dems make a show of pretending they might enforce the public records law

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Broken Records, Commonwealth, FOIA, freedom of information, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, public records, transparency, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: THE GALL OF GALVIN

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted August 15, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Secretary of the Commonwealth shames independents (but should instead be ashamed of himself)

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bill Galvin, Bill Weld, Broken Records, Democrats, DNC, Green Party, Jill Stein, libertarians, Massachusetts, partisan, Secretary of the Commonwealth, third parties, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: WHAT THE FOIA?!

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Who do you call when the cops rip you off?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, BPD, Broken Records, CIA, Evan Anderson, FBI, FOIA, Lieutenant McCarthy, Maura Healey, MuckRock, public information, transparency, William Galvin

MASS RECORDS LAW STILL BROKEN

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted June 13, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Instead of improving enforcement, the Legislature decided to allow municipal agencies to grant themselves up to 25 business days to produce records

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Beacon Hill, Broken Records, FOIA, Massachusetts Legislature, Maura Healey, public information, public records, William Galvin

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