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It subpoenaed the newspapers filing the requests and forced them to defend in court their right to the requested records under the state 's open records law . In recent years the Mississippi River flooded , southern states experienced major hurricanes , and two large fires claimed hundreds of expensive homes in California . The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel then filed a motion to intervene , claiming it had a right under the state 's public records law to access the depositions and other pre-trial discovery materials being produced by the parties . The department 's enforcement of the new regulations prompted state Sen. Philip Hoffman ( R-Horton ) to introduce a bill that would require the Department of Corrections to establish reasonable policies governing media access to state prisons , according to an AP report . " " We continue to see a huge demand for funding to protect our state 's water , " said Tom Fitzsimmons , Ecology 's director . ) to the NAB 's state leadership conference earlier this year . The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for guidance in determining the scope and purpose of the state 's public records law . Its rural development initiative CARERE II , or Seila ( the word means foundation stone in Khmer ) combines rural infrastructure , local participatory decision-making , and state capacity-building . The public hearings will enable people to comment on related policies that are in Washington state 's authority , but they will not be an opportunity to comment on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ' project plan , according to Joe Witczak , a manager with Ecology 's shorelands program .