"'We made the request as we continue to hear comments from members of the Senate about the governor's veto on the climate bills earlier this year,' said Tara Lee, executive director of communications for the governor's office. 'We are trying to better understand and learn what the linkage is between the climate bills and gas tax.'

"She added, 'Notably the legislature makes public records requests from the governor. It is not unusual for one body to ask for records from another.'

"At least one of the senators named in the public records request didn't see it that way.

"'The governor should have reached out to the key legislators, who helped pass the two highest priority pieces of legislation of his governorship, before he illegally vetoed provisions linking them to infrastructure investments,' state Sen. Mullet said. 'To have the first outreach about this be a public records request is disappointing.'"

It's even more disappointing when your state's legislature statutorily insulates itself from public records access (and reasonable public oversight).

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51395