House panel would bar public-records searches of checkoff programs

Some of the biggest commodity groups in the country have enlisted lawmakers in a quiet campaign to shut off public access to the activities of the quasi-governmental boards that promote U.S. cotton, beef, eggs and other agricultural products. While the groups told Capital Press that they don’t want to waste money “pulling paperwork,” the NPR… » Read More

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