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PUBLIC ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS IS ENSHRINED IN LAW, BUT IN PRACTICE IT DOESN’T ALWAYS QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY. Each year during Sunshine Week in March, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and st…

For those who enjoy hiking, there’s a special feeling that comes with reaching a destination where there’s solitude, and not even a cell signal. It’s a feeling of release and letting worldly concerns slip away. For that reason, my go-to local hiking destination has long been Toro Park, where…