Our weekly series looking at the stories public records made possible, coming soon to a fax machine near you.
National
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Air Force Secretary nominee helped a major defense contractor lobby for more federal funds by Patrick Malone via The Center of Public Integrity
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Banks Can’t Wait to Wipe This Complaints Database by Shahien Nasiripour via Bloomberg
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Declassified SAC History Indicates Massive Nuclear Strikes Planned Against Soviet Anti-Missile Sites During Cold War by William Burr via National Security Archive
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Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower by Drew Harwell via Washngton Post
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How a 500-Page FBI File Sparked an Intergenerational Conversation on Activism by Sasha Bonét via The Village Voice
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Secret Docs Reveal: President Trump Has Inherited an FBI With Vast Hidden Powers by Glenn Greenwald and Betsy Reed via The Intercept
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U.S. senator asks FBI to explain plan to abandon FOIA requests by email by Dell Cameron via DailyDot
State/Local
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AJC is live-blogging the release of 1.5 million pages of records related to Atlanta City Hall probe
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George Mason Students Sue For Records On Koch Donations by David Halperin via The Huffington Post
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Hawaii Public Records Agency Slower Than Ever With Appeals by Nathan Eagle via Civil Beat
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Michigan bill exempts active contract documents, company secrets from FOIA by Emily Lawler via MLive
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Oakland Knew of Illegal Housing at Warehouse Before Deadly Fire by Thomas Fuller and Julie Turkewitz via New York Times
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These license plates are banned in New York by Daniel Roberts via Times Union
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