Public records

The Associated Press announced it intends to sue the West Virginia Supreme Court for violating the state’s Freedom of Information…

Last week, the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a controversial bill (SB 3755) that would not only seal all…

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Federation of American Scientists, the Marine Corps agreed to…

A Seattle judge has ruled that Allan Parmelee, who is serving a 24-year sentence for having two lawyers’ cars firebombed, is allowed…

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick today was charged with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit text messages contradicted what he…

The Supreme Court of Virginia will consider proposed rules that would regulate access to – and in one instance require…

A committee formed by the Federal Judiciary to consider whether criminal plea agreements should be removed from public access on…

The Advocate [Baton Rouge] must pay more than $200,000 to receive documents it requested related to the Federal Emergency Management…

President Bush has hardly made any progress in minimizing the huge backlog of unanswered FOIA requests over the last two…

In Vermont last week, the Senate Government Operations Committee approved a bill setting up a  new committee to examine the…