Press seeks better access to public records

From Patriot Ledger: BOSTON — News media representatives lobbied a legislative committee Tuesday, hoping to relegate to history the current, often slow and expensive process of obtaining official government records.

“I’ve long been puzzled, frankly, that Massachusetts lags behind so many other states, and somewhat embarrassed, frankly, that Massachusetts lags behind so many other states in the strength of our public records laws and enforcement of them,” Robert Bertsche, general counsel to the New England Newspaper and Press Association, told the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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