The best records requests are specific, so if you want to know how the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics are impacting your area, why not ask your local institutions?

Starting today, every Tuesday we’ll be putting together a weekly roundup of how FOIA is contributing to oversight of the Trump administration.

The Tar Heel State is the scene for an impending class action lawsuit focused on feces swamps, sparking a discussion about the extent to which agricultural waste disproportionately affects people of color, and who may be held liable for its environmental and economic effects.