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An appeals court is questioning a ruling that said the DeSantis administration violated Florida’s public-records law regarding migrant flights from Texas to Massachusetts.

An appeals court panel will hear arguments June 13th related to Florida funding the flights of undocumented immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts last year.

Open government advocates are ringing alarms about plans that could make it harder to learn what Florida's public officials are doing and to speak against them.

An open-government group has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Transportation and a state contractor, alleging they did not comply with public-records requests stemming from controversial flights of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that shields identifying information about applicants vying to become presidents of state colleges and universities.

The Florida Department of Health is trying to scuttle a public-records lawsuit seeking information about COVID-19, arguing that requested reports don’t exist and that the underlying data is confidential.

A Democratic state lawmaker and a non-profit group have filed a lawsuit alleging the Florida Department of Health has violated public-records laws by refusing to provide detailed data about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tallahassee-based First Amendment Foundation has a new leader. Pamela Marsh took over this month from the retiring Barbara Petersen, who will stick…

For 25 years, Barbara Petersen has served as president of the Tallahassee-based First Amendment Foundation (FAF). She’s been on a continuous quest to keep…

Florida lawmakers are considering letting local officials meet one on one, outside of the public eye. But a first amendment advocate says the change could…