By Joseph Cote NASHUA, N.H. — You never really know what a right-to-know request – or a motion to unseal […]

By Rob Mitchell MOUNT  HOLLY, Vt. — An ongoing fracas over plans for a new town garage in Mount Holly, a town

By John Marion PROVIDENCE – A year ago Rhode Island open government advocates were celebrating a huge milestone. We had

By Jonathan Van Fleet NASHUA, N.H. — When officials in Nashua came up with an idea to equip the city’s

By Alex Friedmann BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Increasingly, government agencies are contracting out their public duties, from garbage collection to courthouse

By Laura Krantz FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – It’s oddly satisfying when one government agency battles another for transparency. For once, it’s

By Karen Bordeleau PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island attorney general’s office has once again decided to withhold public records from the

By James H. Smith HARTFORD, Conn. — In 1975, under the enlightened leadership of Gov. Ella T. Grasso, the Connecticut General

The following is an excerpt from a blog post originally published by the New England First Amendment Center. The center is