WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 (TNSOps) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition is calling for body-worn cameras to be used consistently among police departments in Rhode Island with timely release of footage and adequate safeguards for constitutionally-protected activity. "We start from the position that the use of body-worn cameras is a welcome measure for holding police officers and police departments ac  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 (TNSPol) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: Access/RI, a group of open government advocates in Rhode Island that includes the New England First Amendment Coalition, recently wrote to Gov. Daniel McKee urging him to issue an executive order that would allow government bodies to once again hold online meetings and require remote access for members of the public. The groups wrote to the governor out of concern about  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: Researchers have identified an approach to remove race from equations used to estimate a person's kidney function. These equations have been criticized for potentially perpetuating racial health disparities. The findings, reported Sept. 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine, are expected to inform National Kidney Foundation-American Society of Nephrology Task   more