Camryn Sanchez Arizona Capitol Times//October 27, 2023//[read_meter]

compliance, public records, First Amendment, delays, attorneys

Arizona’s public bodies frequently use delay tactics and loose interpretations of the state’s public records laws to avoid transparency, First Amendment attorneys say. (Deposit Photos)

Camryn Sanchez Arizona Capitol Times//October 27, 2023//[read_meter]

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories the Arizona Capitol Times will publish on the state of the state’s public records laws. A second story can...

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Tags: Arizona Department of Public Safety, agencies, Department of Corrections, Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division, First Amendment lawyers, David Bodney, Wadsack, Arizona Department of Education, public records, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, public bodies, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, Matthew Kelley, Dan Barr, legislature, Native American population, Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind

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