Washington State's Public Records Act: A Battle in the 2018 Legislature and Beyond

This case study documents the battle over the Washington State Public Records Act, which raged from 2017 through the end of 2019, reaching a crucial point through an extraordinary combination of citizen activism, journalistic pressure, and court action. The act, adopted in 1972 by a voter initiativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peggy Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida 2020-04-01
Series:The Journal of Civic Information
Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/civic/article/view/121554