NJ town pays media company $650K to drop public records lawsuit
The sum to be paid by Raritan Borough to Gannett New Jersey may be the largest settlement in the history of the state's Open Public Records Act.
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Assemblyman: Late OPRA responses shouldn’t cost taxpayers money
New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act is good public policy said Assembly GOP Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield), but he doesn’t like that the law forces courts to require towns to use citizens’ tax dollars to pay attorneys’ fees for OPRA filers if the municipality is just a day late in responding...