Public records

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his onetime chief of staff, Christine Beatty, have lost their bid to keep private un-redacted copies…

In a Sunday Washington Post column,  David Simon -- the former Baltimore Sun police reporter and creator of HBO’s acclaimed police drama The Wire…

The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio to pay additional attorney's fees in the Tuscon…

A nearly $124,000 fine slapped on Washington's King County is not penalty enough for "grossly negligent noncompliance" with a 1997 Public Records Act request, the…

If a city can't hand over a copy of its public information policy in fewer than 15 days, one might…

Several groups that backed a California initiative banning gay marriage are suing to get all donations relating to the ballot measure pulled from public…

An Arizona newspaper is entitled to more than $25,000 in attorney's fees from a county sheriff who sought to stop…

Students at Georgetown University are suing the CIA, FBI and other government agencies for information in the death of Wall Street Journal…

A Denver judge has ruled against The Denver Post in an open-records lawsuit over phone records of Gov. Bill Ritter. According to The…

Despite having enough cash to increase its spending budget to $11 billion, Alaska is offering few cut rates to those requesting public records,The…