Journalism Department

Lawmakers may yet find a way to honor the provisions of the 1972 state Public Records Act while protecting cities, counties and other local agencies from unreasonable costs in fulfilling requests for public documents. But a House Bill that, as written, would allow governments to spend as little…

Heavy metal’s Anthrax may have called its debut album “Fistful of Metal,” but after three decades of punishment to his hands, drummer Charlie Benante learned the hard way that his fists were flesh and bone after all.

Benante needed surgery in 2013 to address a long-running battle with…

“You must be nuts.”

That’s what I keep hearing from friends, colleagues and acquaintances. I am leaving journalism to become a middle school teacher. What does this mean for the Post Independent? Once again, the news staff is losing a Millennial. I am not leaving…

It’s hard to believe it’s been 11 years since I typed my last column for Unleashed.

I’ve come a long way from the sarcastic gal with long hair and braces (although, for the record, I’m still pretty sarcastic), but I’ve never forgotten the experiences Unleashed afforded me. I couldn’t be…