How to make officials care about public records reform? Wait till their requests are denied. • Rhode Island Current

How to make officials care about public records reform? Wait till their requests are denied. • Rhode Island Current

After its public records requests to two quasi-public state agencies were partially denied, North Kingstown has appealed to the Rhode Island Attorney General's office. But advocates familiar with the state's loophole-ridden Access to Public Records Act aren't surprised by the problems town officials are facing in their request for public information.