Most kids learn the grade school civics lesson about how a bill becomes a law. What those lessons usually neglect to show is how legislation today is often birthed on a lobbyist’s desk.
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As Denver police get ready to introduce its body camera program next month, the department must do a better job of defining public access to the video.
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Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are pushing a bill that would change the state’s so-called John Doe law, which allows for criminal investigations — like two that were related to Gov. Scott Walker — to be done in secret.
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If you've ever filed a Freedom of Information request with a public agency in New York, you probably know that it can be way too hard to get the goods.
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A new bill set to be presented at the next legislative session in Maryland's state house aims for more transparency when it comes to law enforcement militarization according to it's sponsor, Sen Bryan Simontaire (R) D-31.
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The nation's charter schools largely are created, overseen and policed by pro-charter advocates, resulting in "an epidemic of fraud, waste, and mismanagement that would not be tolerated in [traditional] public schools," according to the Center for Media and Democracy.
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The wave of public outcry over incidents of police brutality has made it clear that citizens want their police departments to be held to a far higher level of public scrutiny than at any time in the past.
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Michigan is making law enforcement agencies report more details of their civil asset forfeiture programs and making it a little bit harder for them keep property they confiscate from residents.
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Pittsburgh councilman Dan Gilman’s campaign finance and ethics reform bills received final approval from the City Council this week.
He said the bills are part of a “new era of transparency” in city government.
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A bill that would change Pennsylvania's Right to Know law to require additional disclosures for state-related universities and curb some records access for prison inmates passed the Senate in a unanimous vote Wednesday.
The bill makes a number of changes to the law, including three key revisions. Continue…
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