Bill seeks to eliminate Jindal's favorite excuse for keeping records under seal
 

A bill filed this week by state Rep. Jerome "Dee" Richard, Independent of Thibodaux, and Sen. Rick Gallot, Democrat of Ruston, would repeal an exemption to the state Public Records Act called the "deliberative process privilege." The privilege protects deliberative (or pre-decisional) communications within the governor's office ? though it's unclear just what is meant by "deliberative" and "governor's office."? [ Read more ]

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