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Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman doesn’t want the public to know the identity of two deputies involved in the shooting of 58-year-old Jeremiah Evans and has gone to great lengths to keep their names, which are public information under Florida’s Public Records Act, a secret.

The state of local news was the keynote topic at the June 11 annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Ventura County at its annual meeting at Spanish

The North Port City Commission opted against seeking an attorney general opinion on how state open meeting laws should apply to board retreats.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ariana Fajardo Orshan has consistently sought to limit the public disclosures, citing the privacy of Artiles’ contacts.

Government agencies complying with sunshine laws are essential for journalists to continue keeping public informed and those in power accountable.

Board members of a nonprofit in Tampa, Florida, working to restore a destroyed Black cemetery are frustrated with the city's task force spearheading the process.

Tampa’s cemetery task force has limited its conversations to city staffers. First Amendment experts say this violates the spirit of the Sunshine Law.

A top staffer for Gov. Ron DeSantis worked on a proposal to challenge First Amendment protections for the news media.

A top staffer for Gov. Ron DeSantis worked on a proposal to challenge First Amendment protections for the news media.

Upset parents want a Tallahassee principal to be fired over comments on her personal Facebook page criticizing new state laws. The First Amendment likely protects the principal’s job, but she’s still being pressured to exit.