LETTER: Public records and excessive fees

Poppy Helgren Henderson August 15, 2026 - 9:02 pm I read with interest the recent article concerning excessive public records fees and a letter to the editor declaring that the Nevada Public Records Act is absolutely necessary to maintaining a transparent government. I couldn’t agree more. My own experience two years ago was when I requested files from a state of Nevada department when well more than a dozen people had claimed there was ongoing targeting, bullying and retaliation in the department. Imagine my complete surprise when I received an email stating, “The emails will need to be reviewed for the redaction of all personnel and/or HIPAA privacy contained in the emails. Since the email file is considerable, we will have to charge for man hours and costs outlined below: Man hours: rev