Public records

A bill to make government records more open to the public passed the South Dakota state Senate, but was killed…

District Judge Terri Harder has barred the release of records identifying almost 1,000 people buried in the Hastings Regional Center…

Reporters and other document requesters are used to being disrespected or even completely ignored when exercising their rights under state public records law. Law enforcement…

The Associated Press reports that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court after the state Court of…

The Michigan Court of Appeals decided on Wednesday to uphold a judge's Feb. 5 ruling requiring the City of Detroit…

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) filed a Freedom of Information Act request today in an attempt to make public…

An Arizona judge ruled Monday that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has not complied with the state records law –…

Last night, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 199-0 to pass an open records reform bill after making minor adjustments…

Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates voted 97-1 to pass a bill restricting public access to the names of…

Defiant and refusing to step down, embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continues to assert that records showing public funds financed…