California Newspapers Fight Legislature's Stiff-Arm

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By: William Dotinga | courthousenews.com

SACRAMENTO (CN) - As California newspapers and state lawmakers prepare for a Friday hearing on the media's right to information about legislative spending, newly filed court documents claim the Legislature routinely responds to requests for information by releasing "limited information" that is "woefully incomplete" and "misleading at best."    

The Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee sued the Legislature in August, claiming that lawmakers consistently block newspapers' attempts to glean information about the Assembly's spending.































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