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From ClarionLedger.com:
The city of Jackson fails about four times in 10 to respond to public records requests within the time limit set by state law.
A Clarion-Ledger analysis of open records logs identified around 225 requests that weren't fulfilled within seven business days since the law was changed in July 2010. About 365 requests were completed in time, while the status of dozens of others could not be determined because of poor record keeping.
From The Republic:
GULFPORT, Miss. — The Grenada Star newspaper recently uncovered a plan by city and county officials to charter a bus and head 60 miles to Oxford to spend the day discussing business at a club near the town square.
The newspaper in the northwest Mississippi town began asking questions and ran an editorial about the retreat involving the Grenada City Council, Grenada County Board of Supervisors and others.
