The state of open records laws: Access denied

By Caitlin Ginley

State statutes promise access to information, but are riddled with exemptions.

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"… tatute that fits every situation” said Clifton A. “Chip” Woodrum, an attorney who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 2004. Woodrum s …"

Sexual Assault on Campus Shrouded in Secrecy

By Kristen Lombardi

Sexual Assault on Campus Shrouded in Secrecy

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"… nDays before filing her complaint, Russell learned that the local district attorney wouldn’t press criminal charges — a typical outcome. Experts say the r …"

"… not encourage mediation in sexual assault cases. Yet Katherine Lawson, an attorney at the Victim Rights Law Center, in Boston, says she’s heard one local a …"

"… smissed at Russell’s request, because, she says, she could not afford an attorney. The injustice of seeing her alleged assailant go unpunished has been, in …"

A campaign finance free-for-all in South Carolina

By Corey Hutchins

Judges's ruling allows campaign spending with no disclosure.

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"… election. And so, with assistance from conservative hero Bopp, the Indiana attorney whose arguments were at the root of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizen …"

"… and so on, and we don’t know about that,” said John Crangle, a retired attorney and political science professor who has run the state chapter of Common Ca …"

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Youth rehabilitation centers in Florida under scrutiny

By Susan Ferriss

Florida public defenders ask for juveniles to be removed from privately run rehabilitation center.

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"… rd fracturing his ankle.Administrators have delayed wards’ meetings with attorneys, the motion alleges, and “specifically ordered youth” not to talk abo …"

"… vices International referred calls for comment to Tod Aronovitz, a Florida attorney who represents the company. Aronovitz said he would review the public defe …"

"… elephant sitting in the room.”David Utter, a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney, said he is prohibited from discussing the sealed settlement of the 2010 f …"

Farmworkers plagued by pesticides, red tape

By Ronnie Greene

Pesticides endanger farmworkers, but thin layers of government protect them and no one knows the full scope of the perils in the fields.

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"… exposure is horrible. It’s dysfunctional,” said Caitlin Berberich, an attorney with Southern Migrant Legal Services, a Nashville nonprofit that provides …"

"… rung of the economic food chain.“There’s this disenchantment,” said attorney Adriane Busby, who focuses on pesticide safety policy for the nonprofit Fa …"

"… d 61 complaint-based investigations that year.But Gregory Schell, managing attorney with the Migrant Farmworker Justice Project in Lake Worth, near West Palm …"

"… y, Fish Farms referred a reporter’s inquiry to the company’s Knoxville attorney, Jay Mader. The lawyer did not respond to three interview requests, but th …"

White House pulls ambassador-nominee accused of drunk driving

By Fred Schulte and Michael Beckel

A prominent fundraiser for President Obama withdraws nomination for ambassadorship following drunk driving charge.

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"… stigation found. …"

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Company earned millions in defense contracts while making illegal sales to China

By Zach Toombs

United Technologies Corp. has admitted making false statements about its work on China's first attack helicopter.

Daily Disclosure: Chamber of Commerce spends big on four-state ad blitz

By Rachael Marcus

The nation's No. 1 business lobby spends $1.1 million on ads, avoids disclosure of donors.

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"… a, the Chamber says Democratic Senate candidate and former state attorney general Heidi Heitkamp “can’t make up her mind” and implies she …"

"… rotect its members from shareholder accountability," said Paul S. Ryan, an attorney at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center."This move removes any pretense t …"

Transparency missing in Arizona's legislature

By Kathleen Ingley and Maureen West

Mystery budgeting and 'striker' bills cut public from the process.

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"… rack as a Stealth bomber, even for many Capitol regulars.A bill focused on attorney’s fees turned into a controversial measure about abortion. Other bills c …"

"… ban resurfaced word-for-word under another bill number — a measure about attorney’s fees — that had already passed the House and was in the Senate Judic …"

Senators suggest new penalties in Chinese helicopter probe

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Zach Toombs

The top lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services committee call exports by Pratt & Whitney's Canadian branch "enormously troubling"

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