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Statue of US chief justice who oversaw Plessy to be moved
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Kennebec commissioners vote to move Augusta s Melville Fuller statue
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Press Herald joins federal lawsuit as Maine newspapers sue over delay in access to civil complaints
The federal lawsuit challenges a rule allowing digital civil court filings to remain secret for weeks or even months after they are filed.
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The Portland Press Herald and the Sun Journal have joined a new federal lawsuit challenging a rule that allows civil cases in Maine’s electronic court records system to be secret for weeks or even months after they are filed.
Courthouse News Service, a national outlet that reports on civil court proceedings, filed the complaint Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. The companies that own the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and Sun Journal are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Maine courts begin posting records online, but fees are seen as barrier to access
Right now, the public must pay $1 per page just to view a document online, a cost that can quickly add up for a lengthy filing.
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Maine courts have finally started to shift records online, but the fees for viewing electronic records could be a barrier to public access.
The first 300 cases, a tiny fraction of the eventual volume, have been filed in the state’s new electronic system. Right now, the public must pay $1 per page just to view a document online, a cost that can quickly add up for a lengthy filing. That rate matches the current fee to make copies of a document at a courthouse, although anybody can look at a paper file in person at no cost.