Marion County Record publisher: First Amendment is alive and well

Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County Record, said during the First Amendment Awards last month that the support his newspaper has received in the wake of a police raid on the newspaper’s offices is proof that the First Amendment is alive and well. 

The Marion County Record serves the 122th largest city in Kansas. 

“We're tiny,” Meyer said. “You know, you have to drive 30 minutes to get to a McDonald's. “If you want to eat after 7 o'clock, good luck.”

But the paper now has the 8th largest circulation in Kansas, all because people from around the world wanted to show their support for the newspaper in wake of the unlawful police search. 

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