SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Attorney General is making his case for changing the state’s public records law.
Democrat John Kroger told a state Senate committee on Monday that Oregon’s open records law is a convoluted legal mess that should be cleaned up to help both the public and government agencies.
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