Penalties

The Washington state Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that Justice Richard Sanders, a member of the court, was entitled…

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill today overhauling the state’s freedom of information law. The legislation has been sitting…

Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio's office will indeed have to pay more than $25,000 to cover a newspaper's attorney's fees in a…

The city of New Orleans committed a "flagrant violation of the law" and must pay nearly $7,000 in penalties for ignoring a…

A nearly $124,000 fine slapped on Washington's King County is not penalty enough for "grossly negligent noncompliance" with a 1997 Public Records Act request, the…