Following the passage of Massachusetts' new public records ballot question, The Shoestring decided to brainstorm what we hope to obtain from the governor and state Legislature. That is, if lawmakers don’t undermine the will of the voters.

All eyes will now turn to the House and Senate, where negotiators need to decide in the next eight weeks whether to follow through on an earlier proposal to substitute their own idea for public records access for the version that four out of five voters embraced.