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A nationwide review of state procedures by The Associated Press and CNHI News reveals a patchwork of complicated systems for resolving open government disputes that often put the burden of
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Indiana’s public records law opens like this:
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital.
A review of procedures found that most states in the U.S. have no reliable way to compel officials to release records that should be publicly accessible when they are being withheld.