If you care about open government, you absolutely must contact your state Senator and ask him or her to oppose Senate Bill 5088.
It does not have a hearing yet. Keep checking this link to see if it gets one. I'm guessing it will because so many anti-open government bills are moving through the Legislature this year.
This is a really big deal.
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