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Colorado newspaper denied access to cover horse roundup

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Date of Incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Colorado
Targets: The Cortez Journal

Government agency or public official involved →: National Park Service

Baltimore court denies reporters access to courtroom audio recordings

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Date of Incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Targets: Justine Barron (Independent), Paul McGrew (WBFF Fox 45)

Government agency or public official involved →: Baltimore City Circuit Court

Ohio political reporter removed from Democratic Party mailing list, reinstated by chair

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Date of Incident: March 2019
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Seth Richardson (Cleveland.com)

Government agency or public official involved →: Democratic Party (state)

Hawaii reporter denied access to cover Army meeting

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Date of Incident: May 16, 2019
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Targets: Nancy Cook Lauer (West Hawaii Today)

Government agency or public official involved →: U.S. Army

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2019
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Alec Gartner (KSNT News), John Hanna (The Associated Press), Jonathan Shorman (The Kansas City Star), Sherman Smith (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Kansas State Senate

Little Rock recording ban reversed after outcry from media

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Date of Incident: July 23, 2019
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Targets: Ean Bordeaux (Independent), Rich Newman (KATV Channel 7), Russ Racop (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Little Rock Civil Service Commission

Amid backlash, Department of Defense backs away from new press regulations at Guantánamo Bay

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Date of Incident: August 28, 2019
Location: Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Defense

Media barred from public lead water crisis meeting in New Jersey

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Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Ras Baraka

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