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Mayoral emails, collision reports, body-cam footage and firefighter thank-you’s: Public records tell a wide range of tales
InvestigateWest took a deep look at public records across Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Here are a few of the other stories they stumbled across.
Broken records: Citizens face growing obstacles to public records — and legislators are making them worse
Investigate West asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to provide them
Malheur County settles public records lawsuit with newspaper, promising more transparency
Officials with Malheur County and the public company overseeing the Treasure Valley Reload Center in Nyssa acknowledged the troubled project could have been “better structured to promote transparency" in a settlement with the Malheur Enterprise.
Malheur Enterprise sues Greg Smith over public records
The suit alleges the state legislator and former economic development director for Malheur County on multiple occasions destroyed text messages, withheld documents and charged excessive fees for records related to a rail reload center project that’s millions of dollars over budget.
Deputy police chief’s retirement remains a mystery as city withholds documents
The city of Salem Friday refused to release public records sought by Salem Reporter of events leading up to the retirement of Deputy Chief Steve Bellshaw. Awarded extra public money, he left while facing misconduct allegations.