Governments delay access to public records during pandemic
Credit: FILE - In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man passes a clothing shop with open signs in the window in Calexico, Calif. A year after the first coronavirus shutdowns, many U.S. states and cities are still struggling with a silent side effect: Public records have become harder to get. As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health officials influenced their decisions. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File
