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• Position: STATELINE - National Freedom of Information Coalition study finds flaws on state public records laws - Brief article

The haphazard construction of state public records laws has resulted in an information gap that hurts the public's ability to examine even the most fundamental actions of government, a study by the Better Government Association and the National Freedom of Information Coalition found. They graded and ranked all states and gave 38 out of 50 states an "F" grade in overall responses to freedom of information requests. (Only Nebraska and New Jersey received a...