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HUMAN RIGHTS

Georgia Election Board Settles Transparency Lawsuit, Agrees to End Private Email Use

Transparency advocates score a win as Georgia’s election board settles a public records case, mandating official accounts for all communications and ensuring open access under state law.

CORRUPTION

Fired for Following the Law: Iowa Settles With Ex-Records Custodian for $600,000

A former Iowa records custodian says she was pushed out for releasing public information. Now taxpayers—not the officials implicated—are footing the bill.