The Iowa Freedom of Information Council this week announced the 2019 recipients of its Friend of the First Amendment Award, which is given each year in memory of longtime Iowa
Sunshine Week will be observed across the nation next week. In Iowa, the sunshine next week will be obscured by clouds --- at least when it comes to citizen access to videos recorded by law officers on their squad car cameras and body cameras during incidents in which police shoot someone or when of
There was snow and ice on the ground in Burlington on the morning of January 6, 2015. About 10:30, police were summoned to where Autumn and Gabriel Steele were arguing outside their house.
When is Iowa going to catch up with the rest of the nation? Every week or two, another case makes headlines around the United States when a police officer acts in a way that many people find troubling.
Much of the relationship between the people and their governments is built on trust. But that relationship is fragile -- especially when it appears government is going out of its way to keep the public in the dark.
