More public information on the outcome of towing-related complaints may be coming soon to Arlington. When planned improvements to the towing section of the county government’s website are complete, “you’ll be able to see the complaints and the resolutions,” said Eliseo Pilco, Jr., the county’s towing manager. “It will not be detailed, but it will be something where people can see what the general complaint was and what the resolution was,” Pilco said at the Aug. 27 meeting of the Trespass Towing Advisory Board.

A few minutes after the vote, Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chairman Deuntay Diggs pointed to Tom Sablon from the dais. “The last thing I will say is there’s one person that had an impact on me tonight,” Diggs said to Sablon, “and it was you, with how you came down here and spoke.” … At a meeting that started at 5 p.m. Tuesday and lasted until about 1 a.m. Wednesday, the vote failed 5-2, with only Supervisors Pamela Yeung and Kecia Evans supporting an ordinance that would have instituted the levy.

Franklin City School Board Chair and Ward 2 Board Representative Wydia Bailey had Ward 4 Board Representative Cristina Boone removed from the board’s Thursday, Sept. 3, work session after Boone continued to talk following Bailey’s determination that she was out of order. Boone continued to speak, at times shouting, as a member of the Franklin City Police Department escorted her out of the chamber at Franklin City Hall. The exchange came near the end of the meeting during the segment dedicated to School Board Presentations/Announcements/Comments.

What is known is that at least one alleged illegal immigrant was detained in Greene County earlier this month. What isn’t is if he was the only one. Greene County’s ongoing partnership with the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has netted dozens of alleged illegal immigrants since it was signed in May of last year — 78 total in just two operations on local highways on May 14 and June 23. The partnership, known as a 287(g) agreement, has brought $350,000 of federal funds into the county in exchange for the local sheriff’s office’s cooperation with federal immigration agents. The single known detention reported on Sept. 8 inches that number closer to 100, but again, the total number remains uncertain as neither the Greene County Sheriff’s Office nor ICE will confirm the exact details of the detentions with the press, including The Daily Progress.

JMU received an “F” in freedom of speech from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) for the second year in a row, according to the organization’s website. JMU now ranks 171 of the 261 participating institutions, a drop of 68 positions from last year, according to the website. FIRE wrote that this ranking indicates students “frequently stay silent,” especially in political conversations, according to the website. JMU is ranked last among participating Virginia universities as the only one to earn an “F” ranking, according to its website. The second-lowest Virginia institution is Virginia Tech at 89th.

The superintendent of Rogers Public Schools (RPS) wants Arkansas lawmakers to consider changing the state’s Freedom of Information Act, saying his district is spending significant time fulfilling public records requests he believes are being used for commercial purposes. Dr. Jeff Perry said RPS has recently received requests asking for years of purchasing information, including invoices, purchase orders, contracts and information about what the district pays vendors. … Perry said his concern isn’t with parents, journalists or other Arkansans using the law to understand what their government is doing. Instead, he says the district has seen requests initially coming from companies outside Arkansas later submitted through Arkansas residents. Perry believes those companies are collecting large amounts of purchasing data that can then be analyzed with artificial intelligence and other technology and sold for profit. He said that can also affect the bidding process for school districts.

Last year the Trump administration shut down a national database of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers. Now it’s facing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for refusing to release records about that decision. A coalition of civil rights and police accountability groups filed a FOIA lawsuit on September 4 after waiting 10 months for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release records about why it pulled the plug on the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), a nonpublic database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement officers. … Anthony Enriquez, vice president of U.S. advocacy and litigation at the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, says the lawsuit is not seeking the misconduct data itself, but rather records “about how and why the government dismantled its own accountability tool.”