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Is it lights out for the Sunshine Committee?

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Tim Gruver and Paul Queary
May 24, 2023
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A watchdog group charged with shining a light on the Legislature’s longtime practice of eroding Washington’s public records law is on the verge of pulling its own plug.

The Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee—or Sunshine Committee for short—was created in 20071 to review Washington’s public records exemptions. It was conceived as an advisor…

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