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Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:14 PM

Wisconsin AG says it's OK for police to release some information from motor vehicle records

The Wisconsin attorney general released an opinion saying it's OK for police to release information they obtained from motor vehicle records. Several papers asked for the opinion because police agencies were redacting information from police reports,
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:08 PM

South Carolina paper pushes for county administrator salaries

Here's a great example of a newspaper making sure county administrators are held accountable. The Anderson Independent-Mail requested the salaries of administrators in three counties. Two complied and one is resisting. So the newspaper
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:00 PM

City attorney in Connecticut to release names of 90 laid off employees

City officials in Bridgeport, Conn., agreed to release the names of 90 city employees who will be laid off, but only after a fight with the newspaper and asking the employees if they thought release would be an invasion of their privacy. After the city
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:50 AM

Hawaii Legislature passes nation's 36th shield law

The Hawaii Legislature approved the nation's 36th shield law and now the bill goes to the govenor for signing. Similar to the Maine shield law passed a few weeks ago, this legislation allows protections for anyone committing acts of journalism,
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