Vermont Attorney General must release records

Attorney General William Sorrell. FIle photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerIn a victory for open records advocates, a Washington Superior Court judge has ruled that the Vermont Attorney General’s office cannot categorically deny public access to documents.Judge Mary Miles Teachout ordered the AG’s office to release records to the Energy and Environment Legal Institute in 30 days. The institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., sued over communications between the attorneys genera