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Journalists file records request quite often, and you can, too, if you want to know more about what your government is doing.
A South Fulton homeowner is taking the city back to court, claiming leaders continue to violate Georgia’s open records laws ...
Sabana said the influx of requests for former G-file documents has had a “huge effect” on the department’s understaffed open records unit. The Police Department currently has a backlog of ...
The effort to recall the county executive is raising ethics concerns, specifically among Jackson County legislators.
13 Investigates relies on Texas' open records laws to get keep our leaders accountable. We put local and state agencies to the test to see how quickly they would respond.
Under Wisconsin open records law, you have the right to request access to government records. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do so.
Open records hotlines in Texas Residents can contact the Texas attorney general’s office and file a complaint if they believe an agency has mishandled their open records request.
Explore On answering requests for records by email, some Georgia counties fall short. This week’s ruling stems from a 2022 Opens Records Act request sent by Ryan Milliron to Manos Antonakakis ...
Republican John Hodgson said his open records bill doesn't block release of any public record, so is the bill really needed? No. 2 St. Xavier baseball edges No. 1 Ballard, snaps Bruins' perfect ...
Late last summer, the city began to release once-secret Austin Police Department personnel records. Known colloquially as the “G-file,” the records detail internal investigations into alleged ...
According to the attorney in Gernhardt’s recollection, criminal files were one of the original exemptions in the commonwealth’s Freedom of Information Act passed in 1968, but that section had ...
Don’t override Polis’s veto on a bill that slows down the public’s access to records (Opinion) Letting the government decide who is and isn’t the legitimate press sets a troubling precedent ...