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Officials withhold ticket contract information

Elise Young of northjersey.com reports that state officials refuse to provide complete public contracts with Ticketmaster. According to the article, the “arrangements give the state millions of dollars from seat […]
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Child Protective Services fails children in Fresno County

Following a disturbing pattern of child deaths, Brad Branan of The Fresno Bee investigated the Fresno County Child Protective Services.   "Among California's 20 biggest counties, Fresno County is one of […]
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Court documents never made public

A Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.) investigation into filing practices in Monroe County state courts revealed that documents critical to the outcome of countless civil lawsuits have never been made public […]
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Adding up the cost of football recruits

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Todd Holcomb used Georgia's public records law to compare recruiting budgets for college football programs.  "It has become big business for big-time athletics programs. Each year, they […]
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Raids targeted illegal immigrants with no criminal record

Nina Bernstein of The New York Times reports that, despite the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's January 2004 statement that its officers would focus their efforts on detaining illegal immigrants with […]
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Racing company profited off subsidies from city of San Diego

An investigation by The San Diego Union-Tribune has found that Elite Racing, a marathon promotion company, has received subsidies from the city of San Diego. According to the article, "The […]
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Documents reveal decisions that led to bank's demise

Less than a week after Washington state's Bank of Clark County failed, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) used public records and inside sources to uncover the decisions that sent this financial […]
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Investigation into problems in county program kept secret

Voice of San Diego reporter Will Carless reports that the county of San Diego has kept secret the results of an investigation into a report of improprieties in a program […]
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Fed refuses FOIA request for recipients of $2 trillion

Mark Pittman of Bloomberg.com reports that the Federal Reserve has refused their request to "disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the […]
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Texas senators play loose with payroll laws

"State senators may be violating a Texas Constitution ban on using taxpayer money for bonuses to government workers by approving temporary end-of-year raises to give staffers thousands of dollars in […]
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