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In our culture of expanding surveillance, we are constantly encouraged to report suspicious activity to authorities. What can be done when the people you want to hold accountable are the police themselves? This project means to subvert that attention from our fellow citizens towards law enforcement.

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This project will go into depth on police and records of suspects that are housed in prisons and county jails. I have always had a passion for learning the ways that jails operate and the internal documents that help to govern them.

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MuckRock and Sunlight Search, a nonpartisan research organization, are researching political candidates for the 2024 campaign season.

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For the Record: Requesting data inventories

by Dillon Bergin and Kelly Kauffman

May 15, 2024

MuckRock’s #FOIAFriday webinar series continued last Friday with a step-by-step guide on how to request data inventories from federal and state agencies.

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For the Record: Michigan bill could expand FOIA law to governor and legislature

by Kelly Kauffman

April 24, 2024

Two bipartisan bills in Michigan could expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act to allow requests for documents in the governor’s office and the state legislature.

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For the Record: How to research political candidate’s background ahead of the 2024 election

by Kelly Kauffman

February 28, 2024

The latest on FOIA, transparency and accountability battles, threats and wins from MuckRock.

Six things to know about Mazi Pilip and Tom Suozzi, the candidates who sought to replace former Rep. George Santos

by Derek Kravitz

February 09, 2024

The special election to fill the congressional seat of disgraced and expelled former U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is on Tuesday, with New York state legislator and “rising star” Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian-born Israeli émigré, competing against an establishment Democrat, former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi.