Not surprisingly, our friends in the Fourth Estate have a keen interest in the newly effective changes to Illinois' FOIA law and related statutes, as their writing about the topic shows. Here are just a few of the articles I've seen in the last week or so, all of which do a good job of hitting the highlights. New Illinois FOIA charged with stressing 'transparency,' Peoria Journal Star County gears up to answer information act requests, Springfield State Journal-Register FOIA changes make requests easier, denials harder, Champaign News-Gazette Some officials leery of FOIA alterations, Champaign News-Gazette