Strapped newspapers fight less for open courts

Newspapers are so busy trying to stay afloat financially that they have, for the most part, greatly reduced their efforts to open court proceedings and records to the public.

It once was commonplace for newspapers to sue to get at public records. Now that they don't nearly as often, who will bring this information to the public?

To read about this problem that finances cause to the public's right to know, click on the headline.