PHOENIX — So is a reporter doing “bona fide research?’’
Maybe, according to a new ruling by the state Court of Appeals. And the three-judge panel sent the case back to a trial judge to answer that specific question.
Hanging in the balance in this specific case is the ability of reporters to get information to share with the public about the Department of Economic Security and how good a job — or not — it is doing in handling its statutory duty to investigate complaints of abuse and neglect against vulnerable adults.
