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The nonprofit States Newsroom provides readers with statehouse coverage showing that local and state news need not perish. It plans to open five outlets this year in Idaho, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon and New Mexico while providing a free syndication service of statehouse coverage to other news organizations. Begun in 2017 in Nevada, Florida and Virginia, it has now created 17 news outlets. (Poynter, February 26, 2021, by Angela Fu) For related FAC coverage,

Former President Donald Trump signed a bill setting up a board to release records of unsolved murders from the civil rights era. The new law required the president to appoint a five member board to start the review process, but Trump never complied with the law. The National Archives has already found the records needed for a cold case collection, but cannot act until the review board asks the attorney general to unseal court documents

After months of delay the U.S. Supreme Court acted on an emergency request from the Manhattan District Attorney for former President Donald Trump’s tax records. With no noted dissents, the Court rejected Trump’s bid to keep the records sealed. It is thought that the investigation into his affairs involve tax violations and insurance and banking fraud. (CNBC, February 22, 2021, by Tucker Higgins and Dan Mangan) Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance obtained more than tax