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Under heavy lobbying from government transparency advocates, the House reversed itself Thursday and agreed to rethink a bill it passed last week that would allow communities to charge up to $25 an hour to fulfill requests for public records when doing so took more than 10 hours.
CONCORD — Civil libertarians and immigrant advocates outnumbered supporters during a public hearing Thursday over legislation to block a city or town from becoming a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.