McKenna Unveils Open Gov't Legislative Proposals

This Tri-City Herald story describes Attorney General Rob McKenna's (R) open-government legislative proposals, which are supported by State Auditor Brian Sonntag (D). Among them are:

• mandatory Open Public Meetings Act training for local government officials,
  
• recording of executive sessions after a finding of a previous intentional violation (a compromise from last year), and
  
• prohibiting "abusive" public records requests from inmates.