EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial has been adapted from one that originally published March 19, 2023. Sunshine Week — a celebration of access to public, particularly government, information […]
Tag: FOIA
What’s wilder than Minhaj’s tales?
The FBI surveillance my Muslim community actually endured by Assia Boundaoui Last month, an article in the New Yorker detailed discrepancies in comedian Hasan Minhaj’s standup specials. […]
Sunshine Week is over but our work isn’t
Sunshine Week — a celebration of access to public, particularly government, information — ended yesterday. Most years, we would have highlighted Sunshine Week either before it started […]
Free speech and press need freedom of information
by Kevin Goldberg “The right to speak and the right to print, without the right to know, are pretty empty.” These are the words of Harold Cross, […]
City sued for releasing victim’s name in unredacted sexual harassment report
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the City of Morgantown released a sexual harassment incident report without redacting the victim’s name, which was then […]
Lawyer sues sheriff, commission
A Wheeling-based attorney is suing Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer and the County Commission over a denied Freedom of Information Act request. Robert McCoid filed the suit […]
Bluefield man arrested for trespassing at WVU Board of Governor’s meeting
A Bluefield man, who is suing West Virginia University for denying his Freedom of Information Request Act for documents explaining why he was not admitted to the […]
