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Search results for "The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne" ...
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Open Records, Closed Doors
Seven Indiana newspapers teamed up for an investigation on the difficulty of obtaining open records in the state. In each county, the group requested five common public records: a police incident report, the sheriff's daily crime log, a death record, school board minutes and the salary of the basketball coaches at each county's largest high school. The investigation found widespread disregard of the law by government officials, especially among local sheriffs' units, to disclose documents.
Tags: Indianapolis Star and News; TheJournal Gazette; Fort Wayne; Tribune-Star; Terre Haute; Times of Northwest Indiana; Star Press; Muncie and Tribune; South Bend; County Government Adoption Police
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State of Secrecy
This investigation was done by seven Indiana newspapers, and documented that many government officials routinely violate Indiana law by refusing to release public records. This takes a look at open meetings and open records laws.
Tags: The Indianapolis Star and News; The Times of Northwest Indiana; The Star Press of Munice; South Bend Tribune; The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne; The Evansville Courier; public access law; FOIA
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A Question of Character
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) examines Waste Management Inc., the world's largest trash-handling firm, which has a long history of violations of state and federal laws; looks at the hauler's regulatory history, the history of its growth and success as a stock commodity, and public concerns,
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No title (id: 8437)
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) reports on the substandard level of care received by the mentally disabled in the state of Indiana; the state was in danger of having federal money cut for not meeting federal standards of care, 1991.
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No title (id: 7541)
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) investigates international male prostitution ring uncovered when the organizer/operator of the ring dies of a heart attack while "auditioning" (having sex with) a potential employee, May - June 1990.
Tags: IN Daniels CAJ
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No title (id: 7540)
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) reveals that the Fort Wayne mayor's claim of progress in minority hiring is false, and that an analysis of city records indicates no real gains have occurred in the number of city jobs held by minorities, May 6, 1990.
Tags: IN Skertic
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No title (id: 7539)
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) discovers that the city of Fort Wayne has been doing a poor job in monitoring the level of chemicals being discharged by local companies into the sewer system; finds that fines to industrial violators have been non-existent, and that the city itself has been discharging illegal levels of chemicals into the sewer system, Nov. 27, 1990.
Tags: IN Skertic
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No title (id: 7393)
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) probes the murder of a reputed drug dealer by a teen-age honor student, and the participation of classmates, March 11, 1990.
Tags: IN Corcoran
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Pilot Hid Ailments Before Crash Doctors Say
Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) files a FOIA lawsuit to obtain the medical records of an Air National Guard pilot who passed out flying over Fort Wayne; the pilot covered up his high blood pressure problems during military physicals.
Tags: Kruse; Air Force; Fort Wayne
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Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) looks at lax boxing safety standards in Indiana in the wake of the death of boxer Shaun Thomas, finding that little has changed since the lethal 1985 fight, June 1 - 2, 1986.
Tags: IN