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freedom of information act (united states)

Records from Anaconda bar shooting to be unsealed

Nearly all charging documents from a high-profile quadruple murder case in Anaconda will be unsealed on May 8, which follows a district court judge’s order and a legal back-and-forth over the public’s right to know. Michael Brown allegedly killed four Anaconda residents on Aug. 1

This Sunshine Week, Florida reflects an alarming national trend of blocking the public’s access to information

This Sunshine Week, Florida reflects an alarming national trend of blocking the public’s access to information

By all measures, the ability to see what the government is up to in the United States has plummeted to new depths since the beginning of the second Trump administration. For National Sunshine Week in 2025, I wrote about secrecy creep, the adoption of federal secrecy protections implemented by state