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Civil Rights Group Questions Open-Records Fee

A civil rights group is protesting a new $30 fee for submitting comments on pending open-records requests to the state attorney general's office. The group also wants to know where the money generated from the fee goes.

By Carlos Morales, KUT News
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A civil rights group is protesting a new $30 fee for submitting comments on some pending open-records requests to the state attorney general's office. The group also wants to know where the money generated from the fee goes.

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