Open records

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that documents relating to the sale of a public hospital are subject to the…

The Iowa Supreme Court will weigh whether a federal student privacy law should override a state open records law, after…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday urging the Maryland Court of Appeals to…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 19 other media organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday  asking the…

A New Jersey appeals panel ruled Thursday that county governments cannot circumvent public records requests by housing documents at off-site…

The Mississippi Press Association, The Associated Press and the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information have teamed up for a…

A Pennsylvania city is suing its newspaper, a reporter at the newspaper and the state public records office that granted…

A newspaper is counter-suing a Louisiana parish after its deputy attorney asked a court for a protective order to stop…

A New Hampshire court ruled last week that a city is under no obligation to provide public records in electronic…

A Louisiana parish sued two news media outlets last week, asking the court for a protective order to keep public…