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Monday, April 02, 2007 5:36 PM

Washington student press bill advances, but leaves high school journalists behind

The Washington State Senate's Judiciary Committee voted to send a student press bill to the full Senate for approval, but not before stripping it of a provision protecting the press rights of high school journalists. Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina, said schools
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Monday, April 02, 2007 5:16 PM

Concealed-gun permit database furor leads to state study

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=18337 Va. panel to study access to concealed-gun permit data Roanoke Times posted online, then took down, database of 135,000 permit holders, prompting hundreds of complaints.
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Monday, April 02, 2007 11:41 AM

Philadephia Inquirer: Make Pa. records more open

The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial says Pennsylvania's records law now is among the weakest in the nation, with lots of small rules than can keep state data under wraps.
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Monday, April 02, 2007 11:34 AM

California FOI Training

New FOI  handouts and PowerPoint presentation are available on the SPJ Web site for California document-driven newsroom training. Stay tuned to the blog for more about last week's training in San Diego.http://www.spj.org/foiddnr.aspJoel CampbellFOI
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