It’s no secret government records in Washington state have been harder to get, but finding the right solution to the problem might be trickier than expected.

On Thursday, state Attorney General Nick Brown’s office held a meeting to receive public feedback on its proposed solutions, released in early October.

The proposed changes are in response to a petition submitted by The Seattle Times and other news outlets in 2024 to revise the guidelines for Public Records Act requests. The outlets filed the petition after encountering long delays in receiving records about standard government actions.

Although the recommendations, known as “model rules” are nonbinding, they are intended to help state agencies navigate the complexities of responding to Public Records Act requests from the public i

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