For the most part, the texts and emails The Inquirer obtained were about mundane matters rather than dramatic glimpses of government at work — and a share of those messages were redacted, or blacked out, because the officials claimed an exemption from the law, such as attorney-client privilege. Moreover, the Right-to-Know Law does not spell out what kinds of records must be kept — there are separate laws for that — and the officials and their staffs are allowed to decide for themselves.