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New Jersey lawmakers on Monday advanced fast-tracked legislation overhauling the state’s open public records laws for the first time in over two decades despite sharp opposition from good government groups, activists and the news media at dual committee meetings in Trenton. Top Democrats who control the state Senate and Assembly approved the measure (S2930), sending it to their respective chambers for a full vote amid a flurry of amendments and confusion over what the bill, which allocates $8 million in spending, actually does. Proponents say it will bring New Jersey’s public records laws — wh…

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