(AP) — Missouri’s Democratic auditor is calling out Republican Gov. Mike Parson over his office’s handling of open-records requests.
Auditor Nicole Galloway is trying to unseat Parson in the November gubernatorial election.
Galloway on Thursday criticized Parson’s administration for citing the First Amendment in redacting private citizens’ identifying information from Sunshine requests.
The governor’s office has argued that citizens would not contact elected officials if they believed information like email addresses and phone numbers could become public.
Both candidates tried to paint themselves as transparent leaders in separate remarks during the annual Missouri Press Association and The Associated Press Day at the Capitol.
