As a candidate for governor, Maura Healey vowed she'd break with her predecessors by not claiming to be exempt from the state's public records law. In the corner office, though, she's walked that back, citing the existing legal exemption on her public records request page and saying she'll consider requests on a case-by-case basis — a policy that hews pretty closely to her predecessor, Charlie Baker.
What type of materials has Healey holding back? And will there be any political consequences for her reversal? Adam Reilly is joined by Axios Boston's Mike Deehan, who recently took stock of the governor's transparency record after six months on the job.
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