Access to public records in Washington, which has become slower in recent years, should improve under new rules introduced by state Attorney General Nick Brown.

Prompted by a petition from media organizations, Brown is updating the rules to better reflect the law and to help address logjams holding up disclosure.

The underlying Public Records Act is not changing because of this proposal.

What’s changing are the model rules that Brown’s office provides to state and local governments.

The model rules are a guideline for complying with state law that requires government agencies to make nearly all records promptly available to the public, except for things like sensitive personal and financial information.

But the rules are outdated and in places don’t completely align with the law and r

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