If It Were Self-Evident, Nobody Would Need the Granite
NH State Police carved 'fairness' into a memorial. Their own reports count parades and Facebook followers, not complaints against troopers. Satire, with data.
New Hampshire's Right-to-Know law, RSA 91-A, in practice: how to file a request, what the statute says and how it has changed, denials and delays from public bodies, the empty ombudsman seat, and the free tools Granite State Report built for requesters.
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NH State Police carved 'fairness' into a memorial. Their own reports count parades and Facebook followers, not complaints against troopers. Satire, with data.
RSA 91-A shields a public body that redacts with automated software. Granite State Report built two free tools and a test of whether a redaction held.
A free browser-based redaction tool from Granite State Report. Black boxes are burned into the page as pixels, so the text underneath is destroyed.
RSA 91-A:4, VII frees every New Hampshire agency from ever assembling an index of what it holds. Granite State Report published one instead, and made it free.
A finding aid to every document Granite State Report holds: RSA 91-A records, statutes, drafting files and cited research, with sources named.
The enacted text of all seven acts that amended New Hampshire's Right-to-Know Law, RSA 91-A, since March 2024, with dockets and source notes.
New Hampshire's Attorney General memorandum on RSA 91-A drops a five-day option, drops a key word, and misses seven law changes made since March 2024.
NH's Department of Safety denied five records items in one sentence and set Dec. 16, 2026 for the sixth. What RSA 91-A:4 requires of a denial.
New Hampshire towns hold only the powers the legislature gave them. When a local Right-to-Know policy narrows RSA 91-A, the policy loses. Here is the line.
RSA 651:5 annulment seals court and state records, but police reports stay on file. Eligibility, steps, fees and waiting periods.
New Hampshire's right-to-know ombudsman seat has been vacant since July 1, 2025, though RSA 91-A still directs complaints there.
New Hampshire does not require police body cameras, exempts most footage from RSA 91-A, and orders most of it destroyed within 180 days.
Why access to public records is a right the people hold: New Hampshire's Constitution, RSA 91-A, and the five-day duty every agency owes.
FOIA covers federal agencies; RSA 91-A covers NH towns, schools, and state agencies. How the two laws differ on deadlines, appeals, and access.
