Pittsburgh
Opinion: Threat of secrecy: Pa. coroners' records must stay public
November 24, 2010 |
Just before legislators ended their lame-duck
session, they slammed the door on public access
to records of a key law enforcement officer:
Pennsylvania's county coroners. Gov. Ed Rendell
needs to pull out his veto pen to keep the change
from becoming law. Read
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City fighting to keep G-20 cop reports
August 27, 2010 |
It has been five months since an Allegheny County
judge ordered the Pittsburgh Police Bureau to
turn over arrest reports from the G-20 Summit to
the Citizen Police Review Board. Since then, the
city first provided reports that were redacted so
heavily the board found them to be useless and
then challenged the court's order by refusing to
provide the information. Read
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Stadium Authority meeting criticized
March 31, 2010 |
Pittsburgh's Stadium Authority violated state
open-meeting rules when a majority of members
spoke privately by phone a day before the
authority's first public meeting this year, a
media law expert said Tuesday. Read
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