Listen up big boys and girls, it’s our weekly series looking at the stories public records made possible.
National
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‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System by Heather Vogell and Hannah Fresques via ProPublica
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CBP Gives 5-Day Deadline for “Still Interested” Letter by Lauren Harper via Unredacted
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CIA on deadline to argue for interrogation documents secrecy by Nicholas K. Geranios via Washington Post
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Emails show ties between new EPA head, energy firms via Reuters
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Inside Al Qaeda’s Plot to Blow Up an American Airliner by Scott Shane via The New York Times
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Privacy group notches win over FBI in FOIA fight by Josh Gerstein via POLITICO
State/Local
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Bills give 3 Arkansas state groups records-law exemptions by John Moritz via Arkansas Online
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Hawaii Bill Would Limit Individuals’ Public Records Requests by Cathy Busswitz
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Virginia Airport Commission: No written records on People Express use of loan by Dave Ress via Daily Caller
Awards
- SPJ’s Black Hole Award for the most heinous violations of the public’s right to know - deadline for nominations February 28th
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