(TNS) — Missouri lawmakers are weighing a bill that would limit the public’s ability to access government records and attend public meetings. The bill, filed by state Sen. Andrew Koenig, a Manchester ...
Why medical examiner records can become public after a death, how disclosure laws work, and why release doesn’t determine ...
A state law meant to protect crime victims is routinely used by police departments here and across Ohio to withhold from the public details of deadly officer-involved shootings. State lawmakers ...
Sen. Graig Meyer (D-Caswell, Orange Person) speaks at Wednesday's press conference, flanked by (left to right) Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake), Rep. Tim Longest (D-Wake), Rep. Lindsey Prather (D-Buncombe), ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Some Louisiana lawmakers want to make some public records less accessible. Public records and open meetings laws allow Louisiana citizens to see what their government is ...
FILE - In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man passes a clothing shop with open signs in the window in Calexico, Calif. A year after the first coronavirus shutdowns, many U.S. states and cities are still ...
The ACLU of Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to declare Brown’s Department of Public Safety a public body ...
A victory for Ohioans came on Tuesday in the form of a recommendation by a Ohio Court of Claims special master who said that public records being sought by The Dispatch are indeed public records and ...
New Hampshire cities and towns are required by state law to give the public access to public records. Many do so upon request. Many others fight the request all the way to court or take ages to ...
North Carolina Democratic lawmakers propose a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of access to public records and meetings — a direct challenge to last year’s law that exempted lawmakers ...
As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and ...