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WA House restarts 30-day email deletion policy despite past legal challenges

Lawmakers gain discretion to delete vague 'transitory' records without oversight

Transparency advocates warn new policy undermines access to legislative intent

Our state Legislature’s march toward secrecy is speeding up, despite lawsuits, massive public outcry and even a ruling that was largely against them from the state Supreme Court.

In the latest move against government transparency, the public records officer of the Washington House of Representatives sent an internal email in July to House members outlining a restart of a 30-day email auto-deletion system and a guide on how to get rid of other emails even faster.

This action will destroy records on a r

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