Here's an interesting newspaper series running in several Indiana newspapers this week. Links to the full articles, photos and maps are below. Chris Myers Evansville Courier Sunday, February 22, 1998 " County government officials routinely violate state law by refusing to release public records, an unprecedented statewide audit found. Seven Indiana newspapers sent personnel to all 92 counties in August seeking public records including death certificates, crime logs and reports, school coach salaries and school board minutes." Links to some of the articles and maps online for this series Evansville Courier http://courier.evansville.net Open Records, Closed Doors Audit by newspapers finds Indiana officials routinely violate the law http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+records_news.html+199 80222 Want to see a crime log? Have your ID ready. http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+crimelog_news.html+19 980222 Indiana Death Certificates http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+deathcmap_news.html+1 9980222 Public leaves paper trail of documents http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199802/22/+papertrail_news.html+ 19980222