Local Legal Initiative

In a letter, the coalition argues the Public Access Counselor’s office is violating state transparency laws.

The recordings helped dispel rumors about the police response to a mass shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last year.

The judge sided with a news media coalition represented by an RCFP attorney.

Reporters Committee attorneys are helping journalists challenge these obstructive policies.

An RCFP attorney is representing Mississippi Today in its fight for public access to the judicial records.

An RCFP attorney represented PennLive in opposing a coroner's effort to seal autopsy records.

The Inquirer and one of its reporters are suing the Philadelphia Police Department for access to police bodycam videos.

Using records obtained with the help of RCFP, journalist Nick Bowlin investigated state regulators’ failure to stop toxic wastewater leaks.

The Penn State police department’s connection to the university “does not isolate it from scrutiny.”

An RCFP attorney is representing journalist Henry Bard in his fight for records under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law.