法院决定立法者与游说者的电子邮件是否成为宾夕法尼亚州的公共记录。 Court to decide if lawmakers' emails with lobbyists become public records in Pennsylvania.

宾夕法尼亚州联邦法院正在决定 立法者和游说者之间的电子邮件 是否应该成为公共记录 根据州知情权法。 Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court is deciding if emails between lawmakers and lobbyists should be public records under the state's Right-to-Know Law. 非营利新闻组织PA在拒绝这些电子邮件的请求后,正在起诉宾夕法尼亚州参议院,理由是这些电子邮件没有具体列入19类公共立法记录。 Spotlight PA, a nonprofit news organization, is suing the Pennsylvania Senate after it denied a request for these emails, arguing that they are not specifically included in the 19 categories of public legislative records. 如果聚光灯党获胜,它可以通过允许公众接触先前未公开的通信,增加国家政治制度的透明度。 If Spotlight PA wins, it could increase transparency in the state's political system by allowing public access to previously undisclosed communications.