Port Authority documents reveal displeasure with media coverage – Connecticut Inside Investigator

08/31/2023 By Tricia Ennie Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) members have been unhappy with the tone of much of the press coverage of and public response to the ongoing New London Read More …

Crusading journalist Forrest Palmer dies – Waterbury Republican-American

12/24/19 – By Andrew Larson SOUTHBURY –- A longtime journalist, known as a crusader for open government and fierce defender of the state’s Freedom of Information Act, died Friday. Forrest Read More …

Body cam footage shows Norwalk cop taken to ground during arrest – The Hour

11/16/19 – By Pat Tomlinson NORWALK — State police have released body camera footage showing a veteran Norwalk police officer being taken to the ground for allegedly resisting arrest after Read More …

Public information watchdog: Body cam footage of Norwalk cop’s DUI should be released – The Hour

11/14/19 – By Pat Tomlinson NORWALK — Connecticut’s public information watchdog group disagrees with the state police’s decision to deny the release of body cam footage that allegedly shows a Read More …

Uncovering the Police – Seigenthaler Report

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Letter to the Editor: Lamont pledged to uphold FOI Act but didn’t – Hartford Courant

06/14/19 – By Michele Jacklin During the 2018 gubernatorial campaign, candidate Ned Lamont signed a pledge vowing that he would uphold the state’s groundbreaking, 44-year-old Freedom of Information Act. The Read More …

‘It’s a Pretty Apparent Conflict’: First Selectman Voices Concern About Parks & Rec Commissioner – New Canaanite

05/12/18 – By Michael Dinan An appointed town official is risking a conflict of interest due to her position on a private nonprofit organization whose work involves the very area Read More …

Editorial: Police secrecy bill should be defeated – The Litchfield County Times

03/13/19 – By Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board The public does not need more secrecy from police. If anything, there should be less. (Read More)

Seized evidence should not be kept secret – Connecticut Mirror

03/11/19 – By Michael Savino The Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information advocates, on behalf of the news media and other open government advocates, to preserve the public’s right to Read More …

Bill would allow too much police secrecy – The Day of New London

03/10/19 – By The Day Editorial Board Imagine that the son of a local politician is arrested on charges that the business he operates is a front for illegal drugs Read More …