A county in Kansas has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize to plaintiffs in lawsuits in connection to a raid on a small-town newspaper, the newspaper’s editor and publisher told CNN.
Monday’s agreement stems from the August 2023 search of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of the paper’s publisher and a councilwoman, seizing reporters’ cell phones and computers, among other items. The raid triggered widespread condemnation from news organizations and press freedom advocates.
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