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The Union-News, Sunday Republican reports that "What began as a routine press conference with the mayor of Springfield, Mass., became a three-month battle between the city and our newspaper over the public's right to know how much the city was paying in out-of-court settlements. As a result, the Union-News won two precedent-setting rulings in both state and federal court and gained access to information that has been withheld from the public for more than nine years. ..."