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Nicholas Katzban, Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzban
In the mid-1970s, the Open Public Meetings Act created the basis for government transparency in the state of New Jersey. A little more than 15 years later, the Open Public Records Act followed, replacing the nascent “Right-to-Know Law.”
Since then, the laws have seen few face-lifts, and the wrinkles are beginning to show.
“We want to bring the bills into the 21st century,” said state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, “some parts of which were written before there was such a thing as an Internet.”
