Nominations Open for NEFAC’s 2026 Antonia Orfield Citizenship Award; Deadline July 24
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RI General Assembly Agrees to Make State Crash Data Public; More APRA Reforms on Hold | Rhode Island Current rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/06/11/r...
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Bill to Standardize Book Bans in Mass. Libraries Likely Headed to Governor’s Desk | GBH www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Legislative Protection for Public Forums | Knight First Amendment Institute knightcolumbia.org/blog/legisla...
NEFAC Seeks Nominations for Michael Donoghue FOI Award; Deadline for Submissions is July 24, 2026.
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Rhode Island Legislators Pass Bill To Make Crash Data Public | Patch patch.com/rhode-island...
After Years of Secrecy, R.I. Makes Car Accident Data Public | The Boston Globe www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/11/m...
A Muzzle Award for a Rhode Island Official Who Says Arrest Records Aren’t Public If There Are No Charges | Media Nation dankennedy.net/2026/06/13/a...
At Transparency Forum, Brownsberger and Lander Divide Over Legislative Audit | The Harvard Crimson www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
AI-Generated Video of Vermont Congressional Race Tests New State Disclosure Law | WCAX www.wcax.com/2026/06/11/a...
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The AI-generated depictions of Rep. Becca Balint show fabricated statements attributed to the candidate.
A sweeping overhaul of Rhode Island’s public records law remains on hold, but lawmakers agreed to one noteworthy change that makes state traffic accident data public.
The House and Senate also passed three bills in response to ICE actions, prohibiting civil arrests at R.I. courthouses without a valid judicial warrant.
The Massachusetts House passed a bill that would curb book banning in libraries and set-standards for when a book might be removed from circulation. A similar bill already passed in the Senate. When…
Days after Massachusetts House Democrats voted to narrow the scope of a voted-approved legislative audit, state Senate candidates William N. Brownsberger ’78 and Daniel A. Lander ‘14 split sharply…
Boston Globe reporter Amanda Milkovits, left, talks about her reporting with WPRI-TV (Channel 12) anchor Kayla Fish. When police officers arrest someone and charge them with a crime, they are requi…
