Local Legal Initiative

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.

An RCFP attorney is representing Oklahoma Voice and The Frontier in the lawsuit.

An RCFP attorney is representing Technical.ly and one of its reporters in the lawsuit.

“This is a meritless attempt to deter reporting,” said RCFP’s Louisiana-based staff attorney, Virginia Hamrick.

An RCFP attorney is representing John Summers, editor of the West Baton Rouge Independent.

The town of Bennett, Colorado, had pulled advertising from The I-70 Scout in retaliation for its reporting.

The judge sided with arguments made by an RCFP attorney representing the Indiana Capital Chronicle.

In advance of Sunshine Week, RCFP's Kris Cundiff shares his top tips for obtaining public records in Indiana.

The expansion nearly doubles the Local Legal Initiative, building on six years of success supporting local journalism.