MISSOURI (KQTV) — The Missouri Press and Broadcasters Associations announced a lawsuit against the Missouri State Highway Patrol, saying the agency is illegally blacking out basic information in crash reports.
The two associations are joined by Gray Local Media, Inc., Warden Publishing Company and managing editor Roxie Murphy.
According to a news release, for nearly 30 years, MSHP posted traffic and boating crash reports online without redactions and once told the public on its website that “all information on crash reports is considered an ‘open record’ and cannot be withheld from the public.”…