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Your Right to Know: Anyone can lay down the law on open records

Alex Saloutos: Anyone can lay down the law on open records

When a government tells you a record is being withheld, that is not the last word. It is one person’s reading, and sometimes it is wrong. You can read the statute yourself, point t...

Make state and local governments more transparent

North Carolina has regressed on government transparency. The General Assembly has made itself functionally immune to the state’s public records law, and some local governments are...

Your Right to Know: Names of police should be public

Open records lawsuit filed over Wisconsin capitol police redactions

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Department of Administration is facing a new lawsuit over redactions to police reports released by capitol police that include accusations made...

A Victory for Transparency

The Richmonder wins FOIA lawsuit against School Board over redacted documents. From The Richmonder: The Richmond School Board improperly redacted documents related to an investigat...

Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRs’ Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.

Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies...

WA SOS turns over unredacted attorney client privileged record after appeal

(The Center Square) - The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has turned over unredacted attorney client privileged emails to The Center Square after it appealed the redactions...

A Turning Tide—Federal Court Orders Decade of Sealed FCA Filings Unsealed

A federal court in Pennsylvania (“the Court”) ordered the unsealing of nearly a decade’s worth of False Claims Act (“FCA”) filings, holding that the government failed to overcome t...

Release Bill 7 voting records, Mwenye urges Parley

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A court fight over Ascension NDAs tests Louisianas public records law

A court fight over Ascension NDAs tests Louisianas public records law

Supreme Court: Voter Eligibility Forms Confidential

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided 5-2 that Notice of Voting Eligibility (NVE) forms, used to indicate when a citizen is legally incompetent to vote, remain closed records as part...

WA AGO handled public records request in ‘discriminatory way,’ requester says

(The Center Square) - The release of sensitive internal communications between the Washington State Attorney General’s Office and lawmakers about how to push forward a millionaire'...

New state proposal seeks to make filling vacant elected positions more transparent

The OPEN Appointments Act seeks to force local and statewide offices to post a public notice for every vacant position.

Illinois Supreme Court Announces Policy to Increase Public Transparency of Judicial Branch

Photo credit: Illinois Supreme Court The Illinois Supreme Court has announced a new Policy on Transparency, providing the public with more data and information on the judicial bran...

PAC Finds Police Department Violated FOIA in Withholding Investigative Records

A news media requester submitted a FOIA request to a police department seeking records related to an investigation of an arrested individual for a domestic incident. The department...

Settlement as to "California Law Prohibiting Anyone from Sharing Lawfully Obtained Information About Sealed Arrest Recor...

From FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) today: In a win for press freedom rights and free expression,… The post Settlement as to "California Law Prohibiting...

R1 Public University Shortens Response Times for FOIA Requests

R1 Public University Shortens Response Times for FOIA Requests Their StoryLimited resources can severely impact the efficacy and eff...

18th JDC: West Baton Rouge Parish acted 'in good faith' in public records request dispute

PORT ALLEN - The 18th Judicial District ruled that West Baton Rouge acted "in good faith" in a dispute over fees for public records requests against the founder of a local news out...

Senators wants records on privately funded attorneys

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Senate leadership is again asking for records related to the state’s Department of Justice and lawyers paid for through the Michael Bloomberg-funded...

WATCH: How fast are WA agencies? A look at public records turnaround times

(The Center Square) - A new ranking of how state agencies, utilities, school districts and other public agencies respond to public records requests show which ones are most respons...

WA AGO consider new rules for public record requests as it faces PRR appeals

(The Center Square) - The Washington State Attorney General’s Office is proposing new model rules for how state and local governments comply with the Public Records Act, a move man...

Wisconsin group filed lawsuit against DPI over teacher license records

(The Center Square) – Another Wisconsin group has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Public Instruction, this time over a $34,000 price tag to receive records relate...

Ohio Supreme overturns public records ruling against Dave Yost

A watchdog group's request for public records from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sparked a year's long court battle. The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court's dec...