It Ain't Easy For An AZCIR Investigative Reporter Doing His Job

Department of Education forcibly removes reporter asking to inspect records
By Evan Wyloge and Jim Small
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

The Arizona Department of Education physically removed an AZCIR reporter out of its Capitol Mall offices today in response to a request to inspect the latest school letter grade records.
The agency’s security guard told AZCIR’s reporter he was trespassing and pushed him out of the public building after the reporter asked to speak with ADE staff about inspecting public records.
Arizona law explicitly requires that government agencies allow “any person” to inspect public records “at all times during office hours."

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