A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.

When requests are fought or ignored by agencies, enforcement of Massachusetts' public records law often falls to those who ...

When governments start hiding or even appearing to hide, it’s a bad thing for representative democracy,” Sen. Katie Wallace ...

A proposal that would have limited public access to certain roadway safety records in Mississippi has died in committee.

Immediate access to court records is essential to the public’s understanding of how the U.S. government is treating ...

A Nashville-based immigrant rights group is suing the Putnam Co. Sheriff's Office over its denial to produce public records of detained immigrants.

A Marion County judge on Friday resolved a public records lawsuit in favor of the Indiana Capital Chronicle, granting summary judgment and finding that corrections officials violated Indiana’s public ...

The Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows access to most records of public bodies. The most recent legislation ...

A Florida lawmaker's bill to speed up public records responses passed the House, but he expects it to die in the Senate.

Indiana’s public records law does not apply to federal agencies. So if you’re searching for records about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Department of Education, for instance, ...

FOIA is designed to guarantee the public’s right to access records held by government bodies. Enacted in 1977, FOIA aims to ...

The letters lobbyists submit to the Legislature are public documents, but they are hidden from view. Two California lawmakers want to change that ...