Secrecy finds backers in Legislature

From Sunshine Review

May 3, 2009

[edit] Secrecy finds backers in Legislature

"Information about the estimated 220,000 Tennesseans authorized by the state to carry loaded handguns in public isn’t the only thing state lawmakers want to shield from residents.

Legislative records show lawmakers have sponsored more than a dozen other bills this session to shut off various types of public information or meetings."

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