More evidence that Mass. must cure its anemic Public Records Law

By: The Republican Editorials, March 20, 2026

As we’ve already noted this week, the state’s Public Records Law is hobbled by the lack of consequences for agencies that withhold information. The poster child for abuse of the law’s provisions is the Massachusetts State Police. We documented that agency’s woeful secrecy in coverage last Sunday. 

Today, we point to another instance in which the public struggled to realize the promise of open government. It concerns four years in which Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan appears to have stubbornly held back public information.