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When an ICE agent was escorted past a staff-only door at the Forest Grove, Ore., police station Oct. 7, residents wanted answers. Friday the city released nine videos of the visit and posted them online, News in the Grove reports.

Every community's rights depend on seeing the tape. #OpenRecords
A sunlit police station lobby. A door stands wide open to a bright morning street, and a wall of nine security monitors shows hallway footage openly while shadows fade from the corners.
November 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
columbiajones.bsky.social
Asking for public records shouldn't get you sued. The town of Hudson, Colo., sued 9NEWS to keep pre-discipline notices for its ex-police chief and a lieutenant secret. A judge tossed the suit, CFOIC reports.

When police oversight hides, everyone's rights are at risk. #OpenRecords
A shadowy smoke figure with red eyes tries to chain shut a wooden filing cabinet of records inside a courthouse, while sunlight pours through open doors, a press camera stands in the light, and papers fly free.
October 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Due process runs on evidence. A law firm sued Wyoming's Laramie County sheriff for records of a father's immigration arrest. This week a judge gave the office 10 days to explain withheld files and produce readable ones, WyoFile reports.

You can't defend against records you can't see. #OpenRecords
A dim records room where a smoky shadow creature with glowing red eyes looms over padlocked evidence boxes. Double doors stand open to sunlight and blue sky, and a figure seen from behind shines a flashlight onto files spilling open across a table.
November 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Ohio's Supreme Court ruled a private prison must pay an inmate damages for withholding video of his run-ins with guards. It called the footage a "security record" without showing why. The video is now overwritten, Court News Ohio reports.

Where cameras go dark, abuse goes unanswered. #OpenRecords
An empty prison corridor where a wall of dusty, cobwebbed security monitors flickers back to life with warm light, a heavy steel door stands open, and golden sunlight pours through a high window toward a common room behind bars.
October 31, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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After a seven-year records fight, D.C. must post its schools' budget requests online every year. The Oct. 28 court order grew from a special-ed case for preschoolers, says Terris, Pravlik & Millian, the law firm that sued.

Kids with disabilities can't demand answers. Sunlight can. #OpenRecords
A sunny preschool classroom with tiny wooden chairs and building blocks. A steel filing cabinet has burst open, papers flying into a golden sunbeam from the window, while a cloud of gray smoke fades away in the corner.
October 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Texas law requires an outside probe of every jail death. In June, Tarrant County deputies pressed a brain-dead man's thumb onto a release form. The sheriff calls it compassionate release. The state jail commission ruled it invalid, Bolts reports.

Hidden deaths mean unanswered wrongs. #OpenRecords
A dim jail corridor. A shadowy smoke figure with red eyes clutches a file folder and an ink pad, dissolving as a steel door swings open to golden sunlight. A wall security camera glows blue, and scattered papers lift into the light.
November 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Mackenzi Felmlee, 18, died in Illinois foster care in 2024. A judge ordered records on her caseworkers released. Thursday he held the state's child welfare director in contempt for defying that order, Capitol News Illinois reports.

Kids in state care can't be protected in the dark. #OpenRecords
A dusty, cobwebbed case file lies open on an old office desk beside a pile of unopened envelopes. Golden sunlight pours through a window thrown open, while a shadowy smoke figure dissolves in the light. A teddy bear sits on a chair in the doorway.
November 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Pennsylvania's measles outbreak has sickened nearly 1,400 people. After a Franklin County woman died this month, a judge sealed her death records, though other counties released such records. The Inquirer is in court to open them.

Outbreaks can't be fought in the dark. #OpenRecords
A chained, wax-sealed stack of records on a courthouse desk breaks open as sunlight pours through a window with blue sky, while shadow figures with red eyes fade in the corners. A stethoscope and white flowers sit beside the files.
October 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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A Pennsylvania borough ignored five state orders to release its budgets, police chief's contract and ICE partnership records. This week Pittsburgh's Public Source sued Springdale to force them out.

When officials defy the law in secret, residents lose their rights. #OpenRecords
Golden sunlight pours through wide-open wooden doors into a small-town records room, where filing cabinet drawers slide open full of folders while shadowy figures with red eyes fade in the far corner. A blue morning sky and a small main street are visible outside.
October 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting killed 23 people in an attack targeting Hispanics. Officials still keep nearly all investigative records secret by calling it a child abuse case. Thursday El Paso Matters sued to open them.

Grieving communities deserve the truth, not a locked file. #OpenRecords
A heavy steel vault door swings open in a dim records archive and golden sunlight pours in, lifting loose papers from stacked file boxes. A smoky shadow figure with red eyes, edged in blue light, recoils from the light at the back. A single white flower rests on a box.
October 30, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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Charles Faggart died after an incident at the Duval County jail in 2025. His family sought the video for over a year. Wednesday a judge ordered JSO to turn it over to them, News4JAX reports.

Secrecy is how abuse goes unanswered. Families deserve the tape.

#OpenRecords
A red-eyed shadow figure in a dim, blue-lit records room clutches chained video cassettes and recoils as a steel door swings open, flooding the room with golden sunlight where a family's silhouettes stand in the doorway.
October 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Official business on a private email server is still the public's business. Thursday NJ's Supreme Court ruled an email advising a town prosecutor on a case is a public record, though 5-2 it kept the private lawyer's name hidden, NJ Monitor reports.

Justice can't be done in the dark.

#OpenRecords
A shadowy figure with red eyes and a faint blue glow clutches a sealed envelope and recoils as tall doors open, flooding a dark records room with golden sunlight. Papers fly from an open folder into the light while a video camera on a tripod records by the doorway.
October 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Public records shouldn't carry a price tag. Las Vegas police quoted the ACLU $7,000 for body camera video, and KTNV $21,000 for other footage. Thursday the ACLU argued in court Metro is pricing the public out, KTNV reports.

If only the rich can see the tape, justice is for sale. #OpenRecords
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October 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Transparency Advocates (@beta.nyc, @citizensunionny.bsky.social, @nyclu.org, @freedom.press, @reclaimtherecords.org, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, @stopspyingny.bsky.social) Ask NYC Dept of Records to Publish FOIL Implementation Plan. Read our letter here: bit.ly/4iIquVP
Transparency Advocates Ask NYC Dept of Records to Publish FOIL Implementation Plan - Reinvent Albany
September 15, 2026 Shawn(ta) Smith-CruzCommissionerDepartment of Records and Information Services RE: Public Release of OpenRecords Law Implementation Report, and Keeping OpenRecords Open Source Dear ...
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September 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Public commenters are demanding a moratorium on courthouse camera access and the sale of county properties, citing serious concerns for the privacy of vulnerable victims.

Learn more here

#MadisonCounty #IA #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #MadisonCountyCourthouse #VictimPrivacy #OpenRecords
Residents warn supervisors that courthouse cameras and record policies could undermine victim privacy
Public commenters urged supervisors to halt property liquidations and raised privacy concerns about courthouse surveillance cameras and open‑records practices, saying camera access could deter juveniles and victims of domestic or sexual assault from using court services and requesting a moratorium on asset sales.
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August 28, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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📂 NYC's Law Department could not deny a FOIL request without evidence a search was impossible.

https://micheleevansnews.com/2026/08/10/appeals-court-rejects-nyc-law-departments-unsupported-foil-denial/

#FOIL #OpenRecords #NYC #Transparency #Accountability
August 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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So now that it looks like we're not canceling #openrecords in #wibudget, it will be interesting to learn who proposed it.
November 3, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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After a visit to the Tulsa County courthouse, one person was unlawfully battered and arrested. See the journey to get the sheriff fired! #policebrutality #openrecords #accountability #law #corruption
TikTok video by Guerrilla Publishing
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October 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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From jurisdictional disputes to criminal charges and #OpenRecords spats, several legal cases from 2024 are lingering in tribal, state and federal court across #Oklahoma.

Find details and updates within.

nondoc.com/2025/02/18/a...
A 2024 legal recap: Updates on notable court cases
With 2025 barreling down a bureaucratic boulevard, here's a 2024 legal recap of Oklahoma and tribal nation cases covered by NonDoc last year.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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New BLC- ACTION ALERT- #Illinois #ILHB5428 is *NOT* an #openrecords / #adopteerights bill- make calls NOW! 4-15 http://goo.gl/WU5i #adoptee
November 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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NYT times obit on #BJLifton falsely conflates #openrecords with #openadoption, also for further context see my post http://goo.gl/1xNyB
November 24, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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Public records aren’t free—our FOIA fees prove it. 💸 Subscribe Occupy25.com/WPS.news; every book sold pries open one more file. 📂 #OpenRecords #PaywallSmashers
June 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Ousted. But still getting paid?
#Oklahoma #investigation #OpenRecords #transparency #InvestigativeJournalism
April 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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The "Iconic Oklahoma plate?" I learned a much different license plate design initially got the green light from Lt. Gov. Pinnell's office. It was white and featured the Native American statue, the Guardian. #foia #openrecords

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June 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM