Light appeared at the end of the HB 509 tunnel on Friday as the primary sponsor of the bill — which threatened massive damage to the open records law — agreed to re-tool the bill to omit all changes made by the sections redefining “public record.” Articles published in both the Courier Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader announced Rep. John Hodgson’s decision to “revise” and “overhaul” HB 509‚ a bill that‚ among other changes‚ would have excluded a majority of public records under the expansive...