LITTLE ROCK-A judge has ordered the public release of a portion of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's past personnel record ahead of the November election.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled Monday to release eight additional pages from Rutledge's record as an attorney with the Department of Human Services.
He says the record previously withheld by the department "sheds light on the agency's statutory duties" while Rutledge worked in the Division of Children and Family Services between 2006 and 2007.
A Democratic Party of Arkansas staff member sued the department this month to obtain redacted portions of Rutledge's employee file. The Republican attorney general faces Democrat Mike Lee in the Nov. 6 election.
A department spokesman says it's unclear if the agency would appeal Fox's order to the state Supreme Court.