Oregon Department of Justice overturns rule on public records fees

Oregon Department of Justice overturns rule on public records fees: SALEM — The state Department of Justice has overturned a 2002 rule requiring some state agencies to charge for public records. The ruling came about because the Statesman Journal newspaper challenged the state’s Public Employees Retirement System over a fee for a public records request, the Salem newspaper reported Wednesday. The retirement system wanted to charge the newspaper $112 to produce the 2015 travel receipts of its director and board member.