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Auto accident reports can be withheld, court finds 03/23/98 TENNESSEE--Police reports of automobile accidents investigated by the Chattanooga Police Department…

Meeting on administrator evaluation system violated act 03/23/98 MICHIGAN--The Clare County School Board's Personnel and Policy Committee violated the state…

Bill would create pilot program for federal trial camera coverage 03/23/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Cameras would be allowed in federal trial courts…

Roller coaster report leads to $4 million libel award 03/23/98 KENTUCKY--In early March a jury in Louisville awarded almost four…

House moves to restrict editorials, obituaries 03/23/98 MISSISSIPPI--The state House in late February passed a bill with amendments that would…

UPDATE: SOUTH KOREA 03/09/98 Richard Choi, a Korean-American journalist for a Los Angeles radio station who was arrested in mid-December…

UPDATE: NORTH CAROLINA 03/09/98 In late February, reporter Kirsten Mitchell was fined $1,000 for publishing the details of a secret…

TV stations must provide interview tape to criminal defendant 03/09/98 INDIANA--In late February the state Supreme Court in Indianapolis in…

Ban on interviews with jurors in criminal trial overturned 03/09/98 CALIFORNIA--Recognizing that newsgathering is an activity protected by the First…

Committee rules detained suspect's mug shot must be released 03/09/98 UTAH--Juab County sheriff David Carter must release the mug shot…