Published by the Florida Center for Government Accountability
USA TODAY Network, other Florida news organizations join public records lawsuit
The USA TODAY Network and several other major news media companies in Florida have joined a suit by state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, and the Florida Center for Government Accountability against the state for refusing to turn over pediatric COVID data.
During a pre-trial conference late Monday afternoon, Tallahassee-based Circuit Judge John Cooper granted a motion to intervene filed by the Network, the Miami Herald, the Associated Press, Scripps Media Company, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, and the Florida First Amendment Foundation.
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