From The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register:
West Virginia’s Legislature has carved out nearly 100 exceptions to the state’s public records and open meetings laws since crafting them three decades ago, a review by The Associated Press has found.
From the results of regulatory probes to the location of endangered wild animals and rare plants, lawmakers have steadily added limits to the public’s right to know. Such additions are necessary, legislators say. Open records advocates disagree.