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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is trying again to restrict access to public information, making it harder and more costly for people to hold the government accountable through open records laws.  Parson wants government agencies to have the authority to charge fees for the time their attorneys spend reviewing and responding to records requested by the

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s threat to prosecute the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for publishing a story on the state’s failure to keep teachers’ private information confidential is a reflection of the misunderstanding of the press’ role as the watchdog and computer coding, experts say.    Joseph Martineau, the Post-Dispatch attorney, put it this way: “I think the