Massachusetts voters will decide whether to expand the state’s public records law to include most records held by the Legislature and the governor’s office.
Question 1 on the upcoming ballot would make most records from those two branches subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, similar to records that residents and news organizations can request from state agencies and local governments.
Supporters argue the measure would bring greater transparency to Beacon Hill and give taxpayers more insight into how government decisions are made and public money is spent…