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Reporters removed from Uvalde committee hearing on school shooting response

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 20, 2022
Location: Uvalde, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Editor files lawsuit after new policy closes access to Tenn. courts annual meeting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 13, 2022
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Case number: 3:22-cv-00439
Targets: Dan McCaleb (The Center Square)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Government event

Outlets sue after media barred from attending Iowa school board meeting

Incident Details

Updated On: June 8, 2023
Date of Incident: May 25, 2022
Location: Bettendorf, Iowa
Case number: 07821 EQCE135211
Targets: Josh Lamberty (WQAD-TV), KWQC-TV, Quad-City Times, WHBF-TV, WQAD-TV
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Public school district
Type of denial →: Government event

AZ Republic denied multiple requests to witness executions

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 11, 2022
Location: Florence, Arizona
Targets: The Arizona Republic

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State

State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Two Occupy Democrats journalists removed from press conference with Florida governor

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 12, 2022
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Grant Stern (Occupy Democrats), Thomas Kennedy (Occupy Democrats)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Utah Senate becomes third state legislature this year to limit journalists’ access

Incident Details

Updated On: February 28, 2022
Date of Incident: February 15, 2022
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Journalists removed from Iowa Senate floor, overturning a century-old practice

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 7, 2022
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Journalists moved from Kansas Senate floor to public gallery for new legislative session

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 4, 2022
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

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