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Criminal justice and health care experts have grown concerned that Pima County’s jail has become the dangerous default for people who need medical treatment, not incarceration.

New from @azluminaria.org with research from Sunlight Research Center:
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
azluminaria.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I have nominations. I bet you do, too. #FOIA
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark. It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s time to name and shame: Let us know 2025’s worst transparency offenders with a Foilies nomination!
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
www.muckrock.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Using MuckRock's crowdsourcing platform and Amazon Textract, CCIJ extracted and verified vote counts during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Preserving Democracy: How CCIJ verified and permanently archived Nigerian election documents
Earlier this year, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism undertook a massive audit of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results.
www.muckrock.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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If you aren't doing anything the afternoon, I'm chatting with MuckRock about getting weird as heck with FOIA.

Come join and we can talk balloons and CRUNKLETON
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Join us today as we chat about college football and public records: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
TOMORROW: Learn how public records can reveal the interworking of major college football programs. We’ll be joined by @foiaball.com at 1 p.m. ET.

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
On Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. ET, we’ll be joined by David Covucci from FOIAball where we'll discuss how he used FOIA and public records in his reporting.
Want to know what’s going on behind the scenes of your favorite college football team? From head coaches avoiding accountability to trips to Saudi Arabia, public records can reveal the interworking of...
us02web.zoom.us
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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That time of year again!
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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In an hour we will be doing our latest FOIA Forum, a live-streamed event where we show you how to pry records from the government. Today will all be about Flock, and how researchers and others found cops tapping the nationwide network for ICE, etc. Stream link here: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
Come learn how researchers and others learned what cops were using Flock's nationwide network of cameras for, including searches for ICE.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New from @wyofile.com with contributions from Sunlight Research Center: Billionaire couple B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes are exerting major influence in Wyoming through their charitable foundation, political giving and more. wyofile.com/politics-pre...
Politics, press and philanthropy: How a Jackson Hole billionaire couple is shaping Wyoming - WyoFile
In the eight years since B. Wayne Jr. and Molly Hughes moved to Jackson, the billionaire couple has quickly made a mark on Wyoming. Whether Wyomingites know the Hugheses’ names or not, they've likely ...
wyofile.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Department of Homeland Security now takes screenshots of their text messages to comply with federal records laws. Public records experts are now concerned about noncompliance from the agency. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
Experts say the new policy, which ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opens ample room for both willful and unwitting noncompliance with federal records laws.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Brought to you by the @eff.org and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.

It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s time to name and shame: Let us know 2025’s worst transparency offenders with a Foilies nomination!
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
www.muckrock.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Get @palewi.re's request and documents on MuckRock: www.muckrock.com/foi/new-york...
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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come join @foiaball.com and I this Friday for November's #FOIAFriday with @muckrock.com! we'll talk the ins and outs & highs and lows of requesting records on college athletics programs and then some. 🏈🏆🗃
From coaches avoiding accountability to trips to Saudi Arabia, public records can reveal the interworking of major college football programs.

This Friday, we’ll be joined by @foiaball.com where we’ll will discuss how he used FOIA and public records in his reporting. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FOIAFriday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FOIAFriday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
us02web.zoom.us
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
From coaches avoiding accountability to trips to Saudi Arabia, public records can reveal the interworking of major college football programs.

This Friday, we’ll be joined by @foiaball.com where we’ll will discuss how he used FOIA and public records in his reporting. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FOIAFriday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: FOIAFriday. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
us02web.zoom.us
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Join us for Building with MuckRock, where we’ll answer any questions, take your feedback and show you the newest tools on our platform.

We’ll be showcasing Plucky Wire, an easy-to-use syndication platform that lets outlets launch their own newswire service. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A new ruling finds police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests. www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The House Oversight Committee released thousands of documents turned from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, including emails that mention President Trump.

Read more from @bostonglobe.com and get the documents on @documentcloud.org: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/n...

www.documentcloud.org/projects/223...
Epstein full docs
Nov 12, 2025 - Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents
www.documentcloud.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join us for Building with MuckRock, where we’ll answer any questions, take your feedback and show you the newest tools on our platform.

We’ll be showcasing Plucky Wire, an easy-to-use syndication platform that lets outlets launch their own newswire service. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Sunlight Research Center is now part of the Journalism Support Exchange, a free matchmaking tool designed to help local news organizations find the resources and support they need faster and more effectively.

Learn more about JSX:
Journalism Support Exchange
A central resource hub for journalism support organizations
jsx.news
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
MuckRock is now part of the Journalism Support Exchange, a free matchmaking tool designed to help local news organizations find the resources and support they need faster and more effectively.

Learn more about JSX: jsx.news
Journalism Support Exchange
A central resource hub for journalism support organizations
jsx.news
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Learn how the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism verified and permanently archived Nigerian election documents from the 2023 presidential election. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Preserving Democracy: How CCIJ verified and permanently archived Nigerian election documents
Earlier this year, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism undertook a massive audit of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results.
www.muckrock.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#foioklahoma By John D. Hanna & Heather Hollingsworth, apnews.com: A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor said Tuesday.
Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper says his rural county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over police raid on the paper in August 2023.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hawaiian court records show that dozens of licensed private security and detectives have criminal histories, including assault, drug felonies and domestic abuse, reports @civilbeat.bsky.social.
Disgraced Cops, Ex-Felons Among Hawaiʻi's Licensed Security Guards
The state board that licenses private security guards has broad authority to certify people who apply, even if their personal history raises red flags.
www.civilbeat.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Using MuckRock's crowdsourcing platform and Amazon Textract, CCIJ extracted and verified vote counts during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Preserving Democracy: How CCIJ verified and permanently archived Nigerian election documents
Earlier this year, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism undertook a massive audit of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results.
www.muckrock.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM