Judge orders part of Arkansas AG's personnel record at state agency released

A Pulaski County judge on Monday ordered that eight additional pages of Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s personnel record from her time as an attorney with the Department of Human Services be made public.

Rutledge’s complete employee file is being sought by a Democratic Party staffer who sued DHS earlier this month for redacted portions of the document. Rutledge is seeking re-election against Democrat Mike Lee.

After privately reviewing the redacted pages in his chambers for about 30 minutes, Circuit Judge Timothy Fox determined that eight pages worth of the record were subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

Those eight pages included a one-page response from DHS in response to Rutledge’s unemployment claims after she left the department in 2007, as well as seven pages that “sheds light on the agency’s statutory duties,” Fox said.

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