The Arizona Republic didn't yield when government officials sued to stop the paper from publishing details of damning inspections of Maricopa County's healthcare system. "The reports revealed a culture of incomplete or inaccurate medical record-keeping that meant, in some cases, there was no proof that vital patient-care processes were conducted,'' the paper reports today.Maricopa Integrated Health System officials sued the Republic to keep the reports from becoming public. They released documents late Wednesday after agreeing to drop their legal case, the paper says. Fighting for public documents is costly, especially when publishers are looking for ways to reduce overhead. That's why I always like to see papers and TV stations holding their ground on First Amendment work.
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Way to go AZ!
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