For decades, police radio communications were one of the few ways the public and the press could independently understand ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and ...

When the 2020 Walbridge wildfire threatened John Clarke Mills’ off-grid home in Sonoma County, Calif., he was frustrated by a lack of accessible information. While government agencies seemed to have ...

The Assembly at the end of session failed to pass a bill introduced by state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Karines Reyes that would have preserved the public’s ...