DaughterGate Makes It To Court

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has filed the lawsuit it threatened a month ago, suing "West Virginia University for failing to comply with the state's open records law."

"The newspaper alleges the university committed numerous violations in its response to requests for documents related to the school's decision last fall to retroactively award a master's of business administration degree to Mylan Inc. executive Heather Bresch, daughter of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin," the Post-Gazette reported.

Filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court, "the suit alleges that WVU failed to respond in a timely manner to a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, withheld public records that are not privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure and concealed information by intentionally misapplying exemptions under the law," the article said.

The newspaper earlier posted a graphic to illustrate its findings regarding's Bresch's record at WVU.

Public Broadcasting also has a report from the first WVU Faculty Senate meeting since "Bresch broke her silence about the controversy surrounding her business masters degree." With audio.