After negotiating in secret, the WA Redistricting Commission:
-Didn't release dozens of text messages in response to a public records request;
-Said it couldn't do so partly because 1 commissioner deleted those texts, a likely breach of state law.
crosscut.com/politics/2022/…
#waleg The Redistricting Commission meets every 10 yrs, so I've heard people saying maybe they just didn't know better.

Perhaps, but there's also evidence that people working for the commission raised concerns about how exec director Lisa McLean was handling records requests. #waleg

@GovInslee seemed to just say that lawmakers will not reach a deal on a transportation package this year. He said he will continue to work on it while the Legislature is not in session. Here's background on what the sticking points have been: crosscut.com/politics/2021/… #waleg Just spoke to Senate Transpo Chair Steve Hobbs. He thinks a special session for a transpo package -- and for climate bills -- is possible.
He said while the governor wants his cap-and-trade and low carbon fuel standard bills, "We really want a transportation package." #waleg

I am at the last meeting of the Legislature’s Public Records Task Force, which was formed after lawmakers rushed through a bill to exempt themselves from WA’s Public Records Act. #waleg #opengov Here is some background from @OlympiaJoe on how unpopular lawmakers’ vote was to exempt themselves from the Public Records Act. So unpopular that legislators begged @GovInslee to veto the bill, which he did. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… #waleg #opengov