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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...

Writ of Mandamus-Public Records Law

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA) was not entitled to obtain Notice of Voting Eligibility (NVE) forms through Wisconsin’s public records law....

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

A court fight over Ascension NDAs tests Louisianas public records law

A court fight over Ascension NDAs tests Louisianas public records law

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...

Salem Reporter sues Bethell, Marion County to obtain public records

After almost six months of silence from Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell on a public records request, Salem Reporter is suing her and the county to enforce the law requi...

Your Right to Know: Names of police should be public

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...

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...

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

Imagine receiving a document that reveals secrets, only to find your neighbor got a completely different version. That’s the reality for some in Washington state. Continue reading…

Spokane Transit Authority opts out of records index without pricing the burden

(The Center Square) - The Spokane Transit Authority joined a growing list of government agencies on Thursday to avoid maintaining a public records index by concluding it would be “...

Wisconsin high court rejects voter records request

Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled guardianship records remain private, rejecting a lawsuit seeking voter eligibility records after the 2020 election. The post Wisconsin high court reje...

DPI sued over $34,000 open records fee

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty sued DPI, alleging a $34,014 fee for public records violates Wisconsin open records law. The post DPI sued over $34,000 open records f...

Court Interprets Civil Penalty Provision of FOIA

After a police department failed to respond to a news agency’s FOIA request, the requester filed a lawsuit. Although the department produced its responsive records during the litig...

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'...

Everlaw Prime Accelerates Public Records and FOIA Requests

Everlaw Prime Accelerates Public Records and FOIA RequestsEverlaw’s public records and FOIA request solution expedites response times while minimizing effort with an intuitive, uni...

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...

Sen. Felzkowski: Senate makes second request for records from DOJ

Madison, WI – Today, the Senate made a second formal request for records from the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the relationship between DOJ and outside influence...

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...

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...

Access to Probation Files

Probation records are privileged. That protection stems from an old statute, G.S. 15-207, which was enacted in 1937—the same year the original North Carolina Probation Commission w...

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...

CA Citizens Could Be Hauled Into Court For Requesting Public Records, And Pay Outlandish Fees

Legislation that first amendment advocates are calling a very 'bad bill' would allow lawmakers to sue citizens they deem to have 'malicious intent' behind a public records request...

Denied access to criminal records in Kansas boy’s death sparks First Amendment lawsuit

TOPEKA — When reporters at a Kansas newspaper heard about the gruesome death of a local 13-year-old boy in December, one tried to get the court records that could establish an offi...