{"id":7075750,"date":"2026-10-04T15:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7075750"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:03:26","slug":"republican-voters-split-with-party-on-gun-law-dems-want-more-access-to-public-records-from-democrat-dominated-offices-progressive-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7075750","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRepublican voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices\u201d \u2013 Progressive Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jennifer Smith, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/commonwealthbeacon.org\/by-the-numbers\/republicans-voters-split-with-party-on-gun-law-dems-want-more-access-to-public-records-from-democrat-dominated-offices\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/commonwealthbeacon.org\/by-the-numbers\/republicans-voters-split-with-party-on-gun-law-dems-want-more-access-to-public-records-from-democrat-dominated-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices<\/a>,\u201d <em>CommonWealth Beacon<\/em>, October 1, 2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult sell to make to anybody that the Legislature and governor shouldn\u2019t be subject to the public records law,\u201d said Jonathan Cohn, policy director of Progressive Massachusetts. \u201cStraightforward good government questions will always resonate with voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Smith, \u201cRepublican voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices,\u201d CommonWealth Beacon, October 1, 2026. \u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult sell to make to anybody that the Legislature and governor shouldn\u2019t be subject to the public records law,\u201d said Jonathan Cohn, policy director of Progressive Massachusetts. 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