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In a story called "Boston praised for releasing video in police killings," the Associated Press quotes our legal director, Matthew Segal:
Regional law enforcement group agrees that state public records law applies to its records; releases hundreds of pages of documents.
In her story "Authorities Cite Plan by 3 Men to Aid ISIS," New York Times reporter Jess Bidgood quotes our legal director Matthew Segal:
The Massachusetts Freedom of Information Alliance (MassFOIA), a network of more than 40 groups committed to reforming the state public records law, today applauded the first enforcement of the law in five years by the Attorney General's office.
On Friday, June 3, Governor Baker signed the public records reform bill approved in late May by both the state Senate and House of Representatives.