From $37 to $339,000: Why the price of public records requests varies so much

In 2015, the editor of a newspaper in Florida filed a public records request with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office asking for the email of every employee during a five-month period to be searched for specific gay slurs.

In response, the South Florida Gay News received a $339,000 bill…Please click here to read Liz Farmer’s story in Governing.