Kansas Lawmakers Want a Report on Last Year’s Police Raid of a Newspaper
Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record’s offices.
Fox News Pushes Back on Reporter’s Claim He Was Fired for Challenging Jan. 6 Coverage
The lawsuit said the reporter was fired as part of a “purge” of employees who refused to only report information that would “appease” Donald Trump and his supporters.
Journalist Sues Ohio City Over Arrest During Live Television Broadcast
Evan Lambert, a Washington, D.C.- based correspondent for the television network NewsNation, claimed the arrest violated his First Amendment rights.
Reporter Could Be Held in Contempt of Court for Refusal to Reveal Sources
The lawsuit represents the collision of competing interests: a journalist’s obligation to protect sources and an individual’s right to pursue compensation for privacy violations.
Newspaper Publisher and Reporter Arrested, Accused of Revealing Grand Jury Information
The small newspaper published an article saying the school system had received a subpoena seeking information about bonuses paid from pandemic relief funds.
Reporter Files Lawsuit Against Police Chief Who Raided Kansas Newspaper
One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.
Kansas Agency Says Initial Online Search That Sparked Newspaper Raid Was Legal
The initial online search of a state website that led a central Kansas police chief to raid a local weekly newspaper was legal, a spokesperson for the agency that maintains the site said Monday, as newly released video showed the publisher’s 98-year-old mother protesting a search of their home.
Kansas Newspaper Raid Likely Broke the Law, Experts Say
A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights, a former federal prosecutor added, saying: “I’d probably have the FBI starting to look.”