Tennessee

From increasing protections for press freedom to expanding support for local news, 2022 was another successful year for RCFP.

Our Tennessee Local Legal Initiative attorney offers some helpful tips for Tennessee journalists trying to access records under FOIA.

Records the Nashville Banner obtained with the help of an RCFP attorney explain an election commission's high legal bills.

The ruling showed that such lawsuits can help change the way our government does business.

Just two years after launching, the Local Legal Initiative in Tennessee is already having an impact.

“The first two years of the Local Legal Initiative have been a huge success.”

The ruling marks the first win for RCFP’s Local Legal Initiative, which launched in Tennessee, four other states this year.

The city refused to add MLK50 Editor Wendi Thomas to its media advisory list in retaliation for coverage.

Lawsuit against state’s Registry of Election Finance is the first filed as part of new Local Legal Initiative

Journalists said they are routinely being stymied by a culture of secrecy that is pervasive in local and state governments.