The Senate is poised to vote on a proposed federal shield law for journalists. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a version of the Free Flow of Information Act in October, voting 398-21, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to hold a vote before Congress leaves for its...

New Hampshire is getting out of the press credentialing business. For decades the state government issued identification cards to select members of the media through its Department of Safety. But late last month the Department announced that, effective February 1, it was suspending the practice, explaining "recent changes in...